Psalms 69:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. ”

Psalms 69:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am weary of my crying - The word “crying” here does not mean weeping, or shedding tears, but calling upon God for help. He had grown weary; his strength had been exhausted in the act of calling...
Psalms 69:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine (d) eyes fail while I wait for my God. (d) Though his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant and encouraged him still to pray.
Psalms 69:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXIX. A Prayer for Deliverance and Revenge. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship ( Psalms 69:9 ). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches o...
Psalms 69:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 I am weary of crying David, in seeking and calling upon God, when his affairs were in such a confused and desperate condition, exhibited an instance of rare and wonderful patience. He comp...
Psalms 69:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 612 SORROWS AND SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST Psalms 69:1-4 . Save me, O God! for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep wate...
Psalms 69:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. I am weary of my crying - A pathetic description of the state of the poor captives for about seventy years.
Psalms 69:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. Mine eyes fail, while I wait for my God - as one's vision fails when it is kept long fixed in one directio...
Psalms 69:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31 , 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suf...
Psalms 69:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Crying. — Better, calling, i.e., on God in prayer. For a similar picture of utter dejection comp. Psalms 22:15 . The following English lines have caught the feeling of these verses: “How have I...
Psalms 69:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:1-36 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35 . The supposition that Jeremiah...
Psalms 69:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Cry out of Deep Waters Psalms 69:1-17 This psalm and the Psalms 22:1-31 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1-36 is very sad. Throughout we dete...
Psalms 69:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and te...
Psalms 69:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We here behold the Head of the church in his unequalled sorrows, and for which we hear him crying out, Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour; but for this caus...
Psalms 69:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I am weary of my crying ,.... In his distress; when, bearing the punishment both of loss and sense, he cried unto God; he prayed earnestly, with great intenseness and fervency of spirit; he offered...
Psalms 69:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. Ver. 3. I am weary of mg crying ] As a drowning man, while he can be heard, crieth for help. My throat is dr...
Psalms 69:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am weary of my crying I have prayed and cried to God long and fervently, and yet God seems to neglect and forsake me. My throat is dried With loud and frequent cries. Mine eyes fail With look...
Psalms 69:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim. A psalm of David. 1 Save me, O God; for the water...
Psalms 69:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am weary of my crying; I have prayed and cried to God long and fervently, and yet God seems to neglect and forsake me. My throat is dried with loud and frequent cries. Mine eyes fail with loo...
Psalms 69:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “ To the chief musician .” See the introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Upon Shoshannim . See the introduction to...
Psalms 69:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We shall read together at this time a part of the 69 th Psalm, and afterwards two passages in the New Testament. Although there is no doubt that this Psalm is intended to describe a very large clas...
Psalms 69:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Je...
Psalms 69:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. Human suffering I. Man’s sufferings are sometimes overwhelmingly great. This shows-- 1. The abnormal state of man. Was man made to su...
Psalms 69:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins ( Psalms 69:5 ), but mainly for the sake of God ( Psalms 69:7-19 ). It is said to be "written i...
Psalms 69:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Messiah's Vicarious Suffering. To the chief musician, for use in the public assembly of the congregation, upon Shoshannim, to be sung to the melody "On the Lilies. " The psalm is referred to s...
Psalms 69:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:32 ; Hebrews 5:7 ; Isaiah 38:14 ; Job 11:20 ; Job 16:16 ; John 19:28 ; Lamentations 2:11 ; Psalms 13:1-3 ; Psalms 22:2 ; Psalms 25:21 ; Psalms 39:7 ; Psalms 6:6 ; Psalms 1...
Psalms 69:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Psalm of the Trespass Offering Psalms 69:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The 69th Psalm, which we are to study today, is one of those great Calvary Psalms which stir our souls. Like other Psalms t...

Psalms 69:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 69:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 69:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 69:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 69:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 69:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 69:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 69:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 69:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 69:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 69:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 69:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 69:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary