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Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

You hold my eyes waking - literally, “You hold the watchings of my eyes.” Gesenius (Lexicon) translates the Hebrew word rendered “w…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Thou holdest mine eyes waking. —Rather, You have closed the guards of my eyes—that is, my eyelids. The Authorise…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Thou hast held the watches of my eyes. This verse is to the same effect as the preceding. The Psalmist affirms that he spent whole nights …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You hold my eyes waking
Or, "the watches", or rather "keepers of the eyes" F13 ; the eyebrows, which prot…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek Him until we find Him. In the day of his trouble, th…

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