English Standard Version
Psalms 119:82
82My eyes long for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
Psalms 119:82 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
- New International Version (NIV)My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”
- New King James Version (NKJV)My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
- New Living Translation (NLT)My eyes are straining to see your promises come true. When will you comfort me?
Context of Psalms 119:82
80May my heart be blameless in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame! 81My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word. My eyes long for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?" 83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes. 84How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:82 word by word
כָּל֣וּ עֵ֭ינַי לְאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ לֵ֝אמֹ֗ר מָתַ֥י תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:82
- Psalms 119:123My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
- Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
- Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, but you shall be helpless.
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Isaiah 38:11I said, I shall not see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
- Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
- Psalms 90:13Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!
Commentaries on Psalms 119:82
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 82Mine eyes fail - With looking up for the fulfillment of thy promise, as my heart fails in longing after thy presence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 82Mine eyes fail for thy word - The same word in Hebrew as in the previous verse and in Psalm 73:26. The idea here is that of looking out for a thing - of “straining the eyes” - so that their power becomes exhausted. The language expresses a longing desire - a waiting - an intense wish - for a thing, as when we look for a ship long expected, or for a friend long absent, or for help when in danger. Such a desire the psalmist had for the word of God, for…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 81-88Verses 81-88 The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 81-88Kaph (כ) is the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist feels exhausted from waiting for the Lord, but he still hopes for God's future rescue.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 81-8381-83. In sorrow the pious heart yearns for the comforts of God's promises (Psa 73:26; 84:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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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