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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.

Context of Psalms 69:3

1Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. 2I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 4Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal. 5You, God, know my folly; my guilt is 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 worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
• 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 out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
• Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
• Psalms 69:21They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
• Psalms 22:15My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
• John 19:28Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
• Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”
• Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.
• Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”
• Job 16:16My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;
• Isaiah 38:14I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
• Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.
• Psalms 39:7“But now, Lord, what do I look 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