Psalms 119:83
For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
In Context
82Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
84Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 119:16I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
Psalms 119:176I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
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 →