Psalms 119:136
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
137 Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
- KJV
- Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- WEB
- Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.
- ASV
- Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law. TSADHE.
- DARBY
- Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
- BLB
- Streams of waters run down from my eyes, because they have not kept Your law.
- ÅB
- Mine øyne flyter bort i vannstrømmer over dem som ikke holder din lov.
- OTB
- Mine øyne feller tårer i strømmer,
Fordi de ikke holder din lov. - B1930
- Mine øine flyter bort i vannstrømmer over dem som ikke holder din lov.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
Read in contextEzekiel 9:4
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
Read in contextJeremiah 9:18
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:17
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:11
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
Read in contextPsalms 119:53
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Read in contextPsalms 119:158
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Read in contextLuke 19:41
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
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