Psalms 6:7

consumed. wasted.

enemies. adversaries.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mine eye is consumed - The word here rendered “consumed” - עשׁשׁ ‛ âshêsh - means properly to fall in, to fall away, and is applied here t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Mine eye is consumed - עששה asheshah, is blasted, withered, sunk in...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mine eye, &c.— Mine eye is { fretted / worn away } with indignation; it is grown old because of all my oppressors. Mr. Mudge observes, th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Mine eye ... waxeth old. The eye generally indicates the st...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is known as the first of the seven great penitential psalms. It is somewhat weak in its note of true penitence and in this respect is not to be...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We need only to compare scripture with scripture, to discover that it is Jesus of whom the prophet here speaks. Psalms 22:1-2 . But, Reader! do not...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Complaints. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith. A psa...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I am weary with my groaning. Every night I make my bed swim, I water my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief, It grows old b...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger. A song of sorrow It is needless to look for a historical occasion of the Psalm; but to an oar that knows...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mine eye, as the mirror of man's entire being, is consumed because of grief, dissolved with mourning; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 17:7 ; Lamentations 5:17 ; Psalms 31:10 ; Psalms 31:9 ; Psalms 32:3 ; Psalms 38:10 ; Psalms 88:9

⁷ Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 6:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 6:7