Psalms 119:82
Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
In Context
81CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
83For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 69:3I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.
Psalms 90:13Returne (O Lord, howe long?) and be pacified toward thy seruants.
Proverbs 13:12The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.
Lamentations 2:11Mine eyes doe saile with teares: my bowels swell: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings swoone in the streetes of the citie.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:82-83
11. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? Here we have the psalmist, I. Longing for help from heaven: My soul faints; my eyes fail. He longs for the salvation of the Lord and for his word, that is, salvation according to the word. He is not thus eager for the creatures of fancy, but for the objects of faith, salvation from the present calamities under which he was groaning and the doubts and fears which he was… Read the whole commentary →