Psalms 6:7
5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive 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
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Read in contextPsalms 38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Read in contextPsalms 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Read in contextLamentations 5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Read in contextPsalms 31:9–10
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Read in contextPsalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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