Psalms 119:82

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
eyes	עֵ֭ינַי 'Ei.nai	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
fail	כָּל֣וּ ka.Lu	H3615	to end · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
word	לְאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ le.'im.ra.Te.kha	H565	something said · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
saying	לֵ֝אמֹ֗ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
comfort	תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי Te.na.cha.Me.ni	H5162	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Psalms 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Psalms 86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Psalms 90:13-15 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Deuteronomy 28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: a…
Isaiah 38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Lamentations 2:11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; b…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:81-82

Here we have the psalmist, I. Longing for help from heaven: My soul faints; my eyes fail. He longs for the salvation of the Lord and for his word, that is, salvation according to the word. He is not thus eager for the creatures of fancy, but for the objects of faith, salvation from the present calamities under which he was groaning and the doubts and fears which he was oppressed with. It may be understood of the coming of the Messiah, and so he speaks in the name of the Old Testament church; the souls of the faithful even fainted to see that salvation of which the prophets testified. (Pe1 1:10); their eyes failed for it. Abraham saw it at a distance, and so did others, but at such a distance…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:82

Mine eyes fail for thy word,.... Either with looking for the Messiah, the essential Word, that was to be, and afterwards was made flesh, and dwelt among men; or for the fulfilment of the word of promise, on which he was made to hope; but that being deferred; and he believing in hope against hope, and looking out continually till it was accomplished, his eyes grew weary, and failed him, and he was just ready to give up all expectation of it; see Psalm 77:8; saying, when wilt thou comfort me? The people of God are sometimes very disconsolate, and need comforting, through the prevalence of sin, the power of Satan's temptations, the hidings of God's face, and a variety of afflictions; when they…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:81-88

Psalm 119:81-88 k 81. My soul hath fainted for thy salvation: I hope in thy word. k 82. My eyes have waxed dim in looking for thy promise, and I say, When wilt thou comfort me? k 83. For I have been as a bottle in the smoke; and yet I have not forgotten thy statutes. k 84. How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on my persecutors? k 85. The proud have digged pits for me, which thing is not according to thy law. k 86. All thy commandments are truth; they persecute we deceitfully; therefore help thou me. k 87. They have almost consumed me upon the earth; yet I have not forsaken thy statutes. k 88. Quicken me according to thy goodness; and I will keep the testimon…

The Church Fathers

"Mine eyes," he saith, "have failed for Thy word, saying, O when wilt Thou comfort me?" (ver. 82). Behold that praiseworthy and blessed failing, in the eyes again, but his inner eyes, not arising from infirmity of mind, but from the strength of his longing for the promise of God: for this he saith, "for Thy word." But in what sense can such eyes say, "When wilt Thou comfort me?" save when we pray and groan with such earnestness and ardent expectation? For the tongue, not the eyes, is wont to speak: but in some sense the voice of the eyes is the longing of prayer. But in the words, "When wilt Thou comfort me?" he showeth that he endureth as it were delay. Whence is this also, "How long, Lord, wilt Thou punish me?" And this is done either that the happiness may be the sweeter when deferred, or this is the sentiment of those who long, since the space of time, which may be short to Him who cometh to their aid, is tedious to the loving. But God knoweth what He doth and when, for He "hath ordered all things in measure and number and weight."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Scriptures, The · Designed for: Comforting — Designed for: Comforting

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Psalms 119:82

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:81-82

John Gill on Psalms 119:82

John Calvin on Psalms 119:81-88

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:82

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:81-82

John Gill on Psalms 119:82

John Calvin on Psalms 119:81-88

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:81-88

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:81-88