New English Translation
Psalms 119:136
136Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law. צ (Tsade)
Psalms 119:136 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- New International Version (NIV)Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because men do not keep Your law.
Context of Psalms 119:136
134Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts. 135Smile on your servant! Teach me your statutes! Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law. צ (Tsade) 137You are just, O Lord, and your judgments are fair. 138The rules you impose are just, and absolutely reliable.
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פַּלְגֵי־מַ֭יִם יָרְד֣וּ עֵינָ֑י עַ֝֗ל לֹא־שָׁמְר֥וּ תוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:136
- Psalms 119:53Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.
- 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the Lord all that night.
- Jeremiah 9:1(8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
- Jeremiah 14:17“Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.
- Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”
- Luke 19:41Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
- Romans 9:2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:136
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes - My heart is sad, and my eyes pour forth floods of tears. It is not a gentle weeping, but my eyes are like a fountain which pours out full-flowing streams. See Jeremiah 9:1. “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears,” etc. Compare Jeremiah 14:17; Lamentations 1:16; Lamentations 2:18. Because they keep not thy law - On account of the sins, the follies, the stupidity, and the transgressions of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 136136. Zealous himself to keep God's law, he is deeply afflicted when others violate it (compare Psa 119:53). Literally, "Mine eyes come down (dissolved) like water brooks" (La 3:48; Jr 9:1). because, &c.--(Compare Eze 9:4; Jr 13:17). TZADDI. (Psa 119:137-144).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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