Psalms 6:7
5 For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
6 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
9 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- KJV
- Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
- WEB
- My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
- ASV
- Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
- DARBY
- Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.
- BLB
- My eye has wasted away from grief; it grows old because of all afflicting me.
- ÅB
- Øyet mitt er tært bort av sorg;
det har eldet på grunn av alle mine fiender. - OTB
- Mitt øye er blitt svakt av sorg;
Det har eldet på grunn av alle mine fiender. - B1930
- Borttæret av sorg er mitt øie; det er eldet for alle mine fienders skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 17:7
My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
Read in contextPsalms 38:10
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Read in contextPsalms 88:9
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Read in contextLamentations 5:17
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
Read in contextPsalms 31:9–10
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Read in contextPsalms 32:3
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
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