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.
• 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 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 deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it. 5O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are 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 weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalms 22:2O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
• Hebrews 5:7who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
• Psalms 69:21They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
• Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.
• John 19:28After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”
• Psalms 119:82My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
• Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no strength in your hand.
• Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope—loss of life!”
• Job 16:16My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
• Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city.
• Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You.
• Psalms 39:7“And now, Lord, what do I wait 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