English Standard Version
Psalms 6:7
7My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
Psalms 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
- New International Version (NIV)My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.
Context of Psalms 6:7
5For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise? 6I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. 8Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. 9The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.
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עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 6:7
- Psalms 31:9Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
- Psalms 38:10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
- Psalms 88:9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
- Job 17:7My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow.
- Lamentations 5:17For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,
- Psalms 32:3For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Commentaries on Psalms 6:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Mine eye is consumed - עששה asheshah, is blasted, withered, sunk in my head.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Mine eye is consumed - The word here rendered “consumed” - עשׁשׁ ‛âshêsh - means properly to fall in, to fall away, and is applied here to the “eye” as pining or wasting away from care, anxiety, and sorrow. Tears were poured forth from the eye, and it seemed to be exhausting itself in this manner. The meaning is, that it had grown “dim,” or that its sight began to fail, like that of an old man, on account of his troubles. Many have understood the word…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The psalmist feels deeply exhausted due to his spiritual distance from the Lord (Psalms 22:1; 31:9–10; 102:5). When eyes grow dim, it means the body is failing (see Psalms 13:3; 31:9; 38:10; Matthew 6:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. consumed--or, "has failed," denoting general debility (Psa 13:3; 38:10). waxeth old--or, "dim." grief--mingled with indignation.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 6
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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