“ Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ”
Mine eyes fail for thy word - The same word in Hebrew as in the previous verse and in Psalms 73:26 . The idea here is that of looking out for a thing - of “straining the eyes” - so that their po...
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
fail. Same word as "fainteth", in Psalms 119:81 .
82 My eyes have waxed dim in looking for thy word This verse is very similar to the preceding, — transforming to the eyes what had been said before concerning the soul. The only difference i...
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? Mine eyes fail - With looking up for the fulfillment of thy promise, as my heart fails in longing after thy presence.
Mine eyes fail— That is with attentively looking around me, to see from whence that promised deliverance will come. A bottle in the smoke, Psalms 119:83 means a bottle of skin or leather, (the...
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me. "Fail for thy word" - namely, for the fulfillment of thy promis...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
Mine eyes fail. — The failing of the eyes is here evidently to be understood of the effort of straining to catch or keep sight of a distant object, not, as so frequently in the Psalms (see Psalm...
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his being manifested unto Israel. Hence we find him, in...
Mine eyes fail for thy word ,.... Either with looking for the Messiah, the essential Word, that was to be, and afterwards was made flesh, and dwelt among men; or for the fulfilment of the word of pr...
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? Ver. 82. Mine eyes fail ] God sometimes deferreth to help till men have stopped looking: Luke 18:8 , "When the Son of man cometh,...
CAPH. Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation With longing desire, earnest expectation, and hope deferred. Mine eyes fail With looking hither and thither, and to thee for help....
11. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?...
Mine eyes fail, with looking hither and thither, and to thee for help.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73 . Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. This is a ve...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word. Painful soul moods and their antidotes I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful yearning ( Psalms 119:81-83 ). (1) The general obje...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Caph. The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles.
Deuteronomy 28:32 ; Isaiah 38:11 ; Proverbs 13:12 ; Psalms 119:123 ; Psalms 69:3 ; Psalms 86:17 ; Psalms 90:1