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My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
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Sorrow's Physical Toll
Commentators explain that the phrase 'mine eye wasteth away' describes a real, physical toll of deep sorrow. John Calvin notes this shows the psalmist is not 'iron-hearted' but is genuinely crushed by his affliction. It affirms that profound emotional and spiritual pain can manifest physically, a reality many believers experience.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction — I weep; my eye pours out tears. Literally, My eye pines away, or decays. Compare Job 16…
19th Century
Anglican
Mourneth. —Rather, fadeth, or pineth. So a Latin poet of the effects of weeping:
“Mæsta neque assiduo tabe…
Baptist
Now hear how the psalmist pleads with the Lord. Prayer is always best when it rises to pleading. The man who understands the sacred art of prayer b…
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16th Century
Protestant
My eye mourneth because of my affliction. To prevent it from being supposed that he was iron-hearted, he again repeats that his affliction…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction Or dropped tears, as the Targum, by which grief was vented; see ([Referenc…
The first words of the psalmist are the only words of comfort and support in this psalm. Good people can be so greatly afflicted, and may have such…
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