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My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

My tears have been my meat - The word translated 'tears' in this place is in the singular number and literally means weeping. . The…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

My tears. — Compare Psalms 80:5; Psalms 102:9; and Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.75, “ Cura dolorque animi lacrimaeque alimenta fu…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

My tears have been my bread. Here the Psalmist mentions another sharp, piercing shaft with which the wicked and malevolent grievously woun…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

My tears have been my meat day and night
That is, he could not eat for sorrow, like Hannah, [Reference 1…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good and set his heart upon Him accordingly; casting anchor in this way at first, he rides out the sto…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. This is the fifth group of ten in the first fifty psalms; it is ordered to implore help against present evils.

    This is done throug…

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