Psalms 119:82
Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
In Context
81[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
83For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
Cross References
Psalms 69:3I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
Psalms 90:13Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.
Proverbs 13:12Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.
Lamentations 2:11Consumed by tears have been my eyes, Troubled have been my bowels, Poured out to the earth hath been my liver, For the breach of the daughter of my people; In infant and suckling being feeble, In the broad places of the city,
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 →