Psalms 119:82

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fail. Same word as "fainteth", in Psalms 119:81 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mine eyes fail— That is with attentively looking around me, to see from whence that promised deliverance will come. A bottle in the smoke, Psalm...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 objec...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; bu...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

CAPH. Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation With longing desire, earnest expectation, and hope deferred. Mine eyes fail With l...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

11. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fai...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mine eyes fail, with looking hither and thither, and to thee for help.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The psalmist was so full of longings, hungerings, thirstings, for God...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, b...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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 year...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caph. The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mine eyes, strained with gazing for the coming of salvation, fail for Thy Word, on account of his waiting for the fulfilment of God's promises, sa...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:32 ; Isaiah 38:11 ; Proverbs 13:12 ; Psalms 119:123 ; Psalms 69:3 ; Psalms 86:17 ; Psalms 90:1

⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:82

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 119:82