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Psalms 69:3
3I have shouted so much for help that I am tired and weak. My mouth is so dry that it hurts. I have looked so long for help from you, my God, that my eyes have become weak.
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
1Please rescue me, God, because the deep water has come up to my neck. 2I will soon sink into deep mud. There is no safe place to put my feet. I am now in deep water, and the floods pour over me. I have shouted so much for help that I am tired and weak. My mouth is so dry that it hurts. I have looked so long for help from you, my God, that my eyes have become weak. 4Very many people hate me with no good reason. They are more than the number of hairs on my head! My enemies are too strong for me. They want to destroy me with their lies. They make me give back to them things that I did not take from them! 5You know, God, that I do foolish things. I cannot hide my sins from you.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 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 crying so much that I have no more strength. My bed becomes wet because I weep all night. My tears run into my pillow.
- Psalms 13:1Lord, will you forget about me for ever? When will you remember to come and help me?
- Psalms 22:2My God! I call aloud to you for help every day, all day and all night! But you do not answer my prayers, so I cannot sleep.
- Hebrews 5:7When Jesus Christ lived on earth as a man, he often prayed to God. He asked God to help him. He prayed strongly and he cried loudly with many tears. He knew that God could save him from death. And God listened to Jesus when he prayed, because Jesus served God.
- Psalms 69:21Instead, my enemies put poison in my food. When I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
- Psalms 22:15My mouth has become dry like a piece of a broken pot. My tongue sticks to my mouth. You have left me down in the dirt, as good as dead!
- John 19:28After this, Jesus knew that everything was now finished. Then he said, ‘I am thirsty.’ He said this so that things would happen in the way the Bible already said.
- Psalms 119:82As I wait for you to do what you have promised, my eyes are too tired to stay open. I ask, ‘When will you come to help me?’
- Deuteronomy 28:32Foreign people will take your children away to be their slaves. Every day, you will look for them to come back to you. But you will have no power to do anything.
- Job 11:20But wicked people will not find any help. They cannot escape from their troubles. They can only hope to die.’
- Job 16:16I have cried so much that my face is red. There are dark circles around my eyes.
- Isaiah 38:14I cry like a swallow. I make a sad noise like a dove. My eyes are weak as I look up to heaven for help. Lord God, save me from my trouble!
- Lamentations 2:11I have cried so much that my eyes are red now. Even the parts inside my body hurt, because my people are dying. I feel ill because I am so sad. The children and babies fall in the city's streets because they are so weak.
- Psalms 25:21I trust you to save me. Please take care of me, because I am honest and good.
- Psalms 39:7So, my Lord, what help can I hope to get? You are the only one that I can really trust!
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
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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
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