Psalms 119:136
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
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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 waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Read in contextEzekiel 9:4
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:18
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
Read in contextPsalms 119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Read in contextPsalms 119:158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Read in contextLuke 19:41
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
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