Psalms 69:3 · KJV
“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”
— Psalms 69:3
I sink in deep mire, where {there is} no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. {deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth} {deep waters: Heb. depth of waters}
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, {being} mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored {that} which I took not away.
Psalms 69 — Context
[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, {A Psalm} of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto {my} soul.
2I sink in deep mire, where {there is} no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. {deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth} {deep waters: Heb. depth of waters}
3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, {being} mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored {that} which I took not away.
5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}
Cross References
Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. {all...: or, every night}
Psalms 119:82
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane {or} a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail {with looking} upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. {undertake...: or, ease me}
Psalms 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters {shall be} given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail {with longing} for them all the day long: and {there shall be} no might in thine hand.
Psalms 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
Psalms 13:1-3
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}