Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 6:7
7My eye is consumed because of grief; it groweth old because of all my enemies.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak 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.
Context of Psalms 6:7
5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. My eye is consumed because of grief; it groweth old because of all my enemies. 8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:7 word by word
עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 6:7
- Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
- Psalms 38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
- Psalms 88:9My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee.
- Job 17:7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
- Lamentations 5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the 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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