the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Psalms 69:3
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I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am tired from calling for help; my throat is sore. My eyes are tired from waiting for God to help me.
I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.
I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
I traueilide criynge, my cheekis weren maad hoose; myn iyen failiden, the while Y hope in to my God.
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
I am worn out from crying, and my throat is dry. I have waited for you till my eyes are blurred.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
I am sinking down in the mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep water; the flood is sweeping over me.
I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing;
I have cried until I am tired. My mouth is dry. My eyes become weak while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.
I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; mine eyes fail while I wait for God.
I am worn out from calling for help, and my throat is aching. I have strained my eyes, looking for your help.
I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat, - Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.
(68-4) I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
I am weery of crying, my throte is drye: my syght fayleth me through the long attendaunce that I haue geuen vpon my Lorde.
I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.
I am weary from my crying;my throat is parched.My eyes fail, looking for my God.
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted in my waiting for my God.
I am weary from my crying, my throat is scorched; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
I am weery of crienge, my throte is drye, my sight fayleth me, for waytinge so longe vpon my God.
I'm hoarse from calling for help, Bleary-eyed from searching the sky for God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched;My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Contextual Overview
To the director: To the tune "The Lilies." A song of David.
God, save me from all my troubles! The rising water has reached my neck. 2 I have nothing to stand on. I am sinking down, down into the mud. I am in deep water, and the waves are about to cover me. 3 I am getting weak from calling for help. My throat is sore. I have waited and looked for your help until my eyes are hurting. 4 I have more enemies than the hairs on my head. They hate me for no reason. They try hard to destroy me. My enemies tell lies about me. They say I stole from them and they demand that I pay for things I did not steal. 5 God, you know my faults. I cannot hide my sins from you. 6 My Lord God All-Powerful, don't let me embarrass your followers. God of Israel, don't let me bring disgrace to those who worship you. 7 My face is covered with shame. I carry this shame for you. 8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger. They act as if I came from a foreign land. 9 My strong devotion to your Temple is destroying me. Those who insult you are also insulting me. 10 When I spend time crying and fasting, they make fun of me.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I am: Psalms 6:6, Psalms 13:1-3, Psalms 22:2, Hebrews 5:7
my throat: Psalms 69:21, Psalms 22:15, John 19:28
mine: Psalms 119:82, Psalms 119:123, Deuteronomy 28:32, Job 11:20, Job 16:16, Isaiah 38:14, Lamentations 2:11
I wait: Psalms 25:21, Psalms 39:7
Reciprocal: Job 31:16 - the eyes Psalms 38:10 - the light Psalms 143:7 - my spirit Proverbs 13:12 - Hope Song of Solomon 5:6 - my soul Lamentations 5:17 - our eyes Romans 8:26 - with
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I am weary of my crying,.... In his distress; when, bearing the punishment both of loss and sense, he cried unto God; he prayed earnestly, with great intenseness and fervency of spirit; he offered supplications, with strong cryings and tears, insomuch that he calls it a roaring: and whereas there was a seeming delay of answer to his cries, he cried till he was weary of crying; and yet it is remarkable that his last cry was with a loud voice, which surprised the centurion; see Psalms 22:1;
my throat is dried; with crying, so that he was hoarse; or "burnt" u; with inward heat of a fever, which usually attended persons crucified; see Psalms 22:15;
mine eyes fail while I wait for my God; God the Father was the God of Christ, as he was man; he prepared a body for him, and anointed his human nature with the Holy Spirit; he supported and upheld him: and as such Christ loved him, believed in him, prayed to him, and waited and looked for help and salvation from him; this being delayed, his eyes failed with intense looking about for it, as well as with grief and tears. Ainsworth observes, that failing of the eyes is one of the curses of the law, Leviticus 26:16, and it shows how in every thing Christ was made a curse for his people.
u נחר "adustum", Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I am weary of my crying - The word “crying” here does not mean weeping, or shedding tears, but calling upon God for help. He had grown weary; his strength had been exhausted in the act of calling upon God to assist him. See the notes at Psalms 6:6. This was an instance where one had called so long on God, and prayed so much and so earnestly, that his strength was gone. Compare Matthew 26:41.
My throat is dried - Or, “is parched up.” The Hebrew word denotes to burn; to be enkindled; and then, to be inflamed. Here it means that by the excessive exertion of his voice, his throat had become parched, so that he could not speak.
Mine eyes fail - That is, become dim from exhaustion. I have looked so long in that one direction that the power of vision begins to fail, and I see nothing clearly. See the notes at Psalms 6:7. Compare Job 17:7; Psalms 31:9; Psalms 38:10.
While I wait for my God - That is, by continued “looking” to God. The word “wait” is not used here, nor is it generally in the Bible, as it is now with us, in the sense of looking for “future” interposition, or of doing nothing ourselves in expectation of what “may” occur; but it is used in the sense of looking to God alone; of exercising dependence on him; of seeking his aid. This is indeed connnected with the ordinary idea of abiding his will, but it is also an “active” state of mind - a state expressive of intense interest and desire. See the notes at Psalms 62:5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 69:3. I am weary of my crying — A pathetic description of the state of the poor captives for about seventy years.
