Proverbia 69:3

Nova Vulgata

[69:4] Laboravi clamans, raucae factae sunt fauces meae; defecerunt oculi mei, dum spero in Deum meum.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Confundantur, et revereantur, qui qu�runt animam meam.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Confundantur, et revereantur, qui qu�runt animam meam.

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.