Psalms 69:3
1 Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
2 I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4 Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- KJV
- I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- WEB
- I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
- ASV
- I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- DARBY
- I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- BLB
- I have grown weary with my calling out; my throat is dry; my eyes fail, waiting for my God.
- ÅB
- Jeg har ropt meg trett, min strupe brenner; mine øyne er borttæret idet jeg venter på min Gud.
- OTB
- Jeg er utmattet av gråt; min strupe er tørr;
Mine øyne svikter mens jeg venter på min Gud. - B1930
- Jeg har ropt mig trett, min strupe brenner; mine øine er borttæret idet jeg venter på min Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 6:6
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Read in contextPsalms 119:82
My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
Read in contextPsalms 119:123
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:14
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
Read in contextPsalms 25:21
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
Read in contextLamentations 2:11
My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
Read in contextHebrews 5:7
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
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