Psalms 69:3

Psalms 69:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
• New International Version (NIV)I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Context of Psalms 69:3

1Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck. 2I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep water, and a flood sweeps over me. I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me, are powerful. Though I did not steal, I must repay. 5God, you know my foolishness, and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.

Psalms 69:3 word by word

יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְקָרְאִי֮ נִחַ֪ר גְּר֫וֹנִ֥י כָּל֥וּ עֵינַ֑י מְ֝יַחֵ֗ל לֵאלֹהָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I am wearyיָגֵעַyâga‛ · be weary/toilH3021
• of my cryingקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
• my throatגָּרוֹןgârôn gârôn · throatH1627
• is driedחָרַרchârar · to scorchH2787
• mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• failכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615
• while I waitיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
• for my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 69:3

• Psalms 6:6I am weary from my groaning; with my tears I dampen my bed and drench my couch every night.
• Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
• Psalms 22:2My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest.
• Hebrews 5:7During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
• Psalms 69:21Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
• Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.
• John 19:28After this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”
• Psalms 119:82My eyes grow weary looking for what you have promised; I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
• Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.
• Job 11:20But the sight of the wicked will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope is their last breath.
• Job 16:16My face has grown red with weeping, and darkness covers my eyes,
• Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief because of the destruction of my dear people, because infants and nursing babies faint in the streets of the city.
• Psalms 25:21May integrity and what is right watch over me, for I wait for you.
• Psalms 39:7“Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Commentaries on Psalms 69:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I am weary of my crying - A pathetic description of the state of the poor captives for about seventy years.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I 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 Psalm 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36In this personal lament, the poet shares his vulnerability, humiliation, and deep pain. He asks God to defend him for the sake of the righteous.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. (Compare Psa 6:6). mine eyes fail--in watching (Psa 119:82).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 69:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Desire
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Waiting

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Comforter
• Gall
• Psalms
• Restore
• Sink
• Standing
• Fail
• Intercession

Commentaries on Psalms 69

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings