My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation, And for Your righteous word.
Parallel translations
- WEB My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
- KJV Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
- BSB My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
- NKJV My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation And Your righteous word.
- NLT My eyes strain to see your rescue, to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.
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Quick answer
His eyes fail as he longs for God's salvation and righteous word. Intense yearning for deliverance wears him down, yet he keeps watching.
Overview
The psalmist's eyes grow weary from straining to see God's promised salvation and the fulfillment of His righteous word. His longing is deep and his waiting hard, but his gaze remains fixed on God. This patient expectation of God's salvation finds its answer in Christ, the salvation prepared before all peoples, for whom the faithful waited (Luke 2:30; Lam. 3:26).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 130:6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.
- Ps 143:7Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
- Lam 4:17Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
- Ps 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Ps 119:81–82My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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