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My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my adversaries.
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The Body Feels the Soul's Pain
Commentators explain that David's description of his eyes 'wasting away' is not just a metaphor. Intense spiritual and emotional grief can have real, physical consequences. Scholars note that his eyesight grew dim and weak, as if from premature old age, because of his constant weeping and sorrow. This shows how deeply our spiritual health is connected to our physical well-being.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My eye is consumed - The word here rendered “consumed” - עשׁשׁ ‛ âshêsh - means properly to fall in, to fall aw…
19th Century
Anglican
Consumed — i.e., sunken; literally, fallen away. The Septuagint uses the same word used to translate vexed
Baptist
Mine eye is consumed because of grief;
He had almost wept his eyes out; they grew red with his weeping, so that he could not see.
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16th Century
Protestant
These forms of expression are hyperbolic, but it must not be imagined that David, like poets, exaggerates his sorrow; rather, he truly and simply d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Mine eye is consumed because of grief Either by reason of the affliction he laboured under, which could not be joyou…
These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mo…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding psalm, David asked to be led in the way of justice because of his enemies.
Here, however, having fallen, he asks to be renew…
