Psalms 69:3

3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalms 69:3 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
English Standard Version (ESV)
3 I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
New Living Translation (NLT)
3 I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.
The Message Bible (MSG)
3 I'm hoarse from calling for help, Bleary-eyed from searching the sky for God.
American Standard Version (ASV)
3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
3 I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained [from] looking for my God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
3 I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
3 I'm worn out from calling for help. My throat is very dry. My eyes grow tired looking for my God.

Psalms 69:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:3

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 supplications, with strong cryings and tears, insomuch that he calls it a roaring: and whereas there was a seeming delay of answer to his cries, he cried till he was weary of crying; and yet it is remarkable that his last cry was with a loud voice, which surprised the centurion; see ( Psalms 22:1 Psalms 22:2 ) ( Matthew 27:46 ) ;

my throat is dried;
with crying, so that he was hoarse; or "burnt" F21; with inward heat of a fever, which usually attended persons crucified; see ( Psalms 22:15 ) ;

mine eyes fail while I wait for my God;
God the Father was the God of Christ, as he was man; he prepared a body for him, and anointed his human nature with the Holy Spirit; he supported and upheld him: and as such Christ loved him, believed in him, prayed to him, and waited and looked for help and salvation from him; this being delayed, his eyes failed with intense looking about for it, as well as with grief and tears. Ainsworth observes, that failing of the eyes is one of the curses of the law, ( Leviticus 26:16 ) ( Deuteronomy 28:30 ) , and it shows how in every thing Christ was made a curse for his people.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (rxn) "adustum", Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

Psalms 69:3 In-Context

1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4 Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
5 You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 6:6
  • 2. Psalms 119:82; Isaiah 38:14
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