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.

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 waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

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  • Ezekiel 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.

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • 1 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.

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  • Psalms 119:53

    Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

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  • Psalms 119:158

    I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

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  • Luke 19:41

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

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