Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
3. He is worn out and exhausted in mind and body by the prolonged strain of prayer unanswered. Cp. Psa 22:1-2; Psa 22:15; Psa 6:7; Jer 45:3; Psa 119:82; Psa 119:123; Lam 2:11; Lam 4:17. For I am weary of &c., render with R.V. I am weary with my crying.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
I am weary of my crying – The word crying here does not mean weeping, or shedding tears, but calling upon God for help. He had grown weary; his strength had been exhausted in the act of calling upon God to assist him. See the notes at Psa 6:6. This was an instance where one had called so long on God, and prayed so much and so earnestly, that his strength was gone. Compare Mat 26:41.
My throat is dried – Or, is parched up. The Hebrew word denotes to burn; to be enkindled; and then, to be inflamed. Here it means that by the excessive exertion of his voice, his throat had become parched, so that he could not speak.
Mine eyes fail – That is, become dim from exhaustion. I have looked so long in that one direction that the power of vision begins to fail, and I see nothing clearly. See the notes at Psa 6:7. Compare Job 17:7; Psa 31:9; Psa 38:10.
While I wait for my God – That is, by continued looking to God. The word wait is not used here, nor is it generally in the Bible, as it is now with us, in the sense of looking for future interposition, or of doing nothing ourselves in expectation of what may occur; but it is used in the sense of looking to God alone; of exercising dependence on him; of seeking his aid. This is indeed connnected with the ordinary idea of abiding his will, but it is also an active state of mind – a state expressive of intense interest and desire. See the notes at Psa 62:5.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 3. I am weary of my crying] A pathetic description of the state of the poor captives for about seventy years.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
I am weary of my crying; I have prayed and cried to God long and fervently, and yet God seems to neglect and forsake me.
My throat is dried with loud and frequent cries.
Mine eyes fail with looking to God for that assistance which he hath promised, and I confidently expected, but in vain.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
3. (Compare Ps6:6).
mine eyes failinwatching (Ps 119:82).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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 Ps 22:1;
my throat is dried; with crying, so that he was hoarse; or “burnt” u; with inward heat of a fever, which usually attended persons crucified; see Ps 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, Le 26:16, and it shows how in every thing Christ was made a curse for his people.
u “adustum”, Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
3 I am weary of crying David, in seeking and calling upon God, when his affairs were in such a confused and desperate condition, exhibited an instance of rare and wonderful patience. He complains of having continued crying until he was exhausted and became hoarse, and all to no purpose. By the word weary, he does not mean that he gave up with prayer, as if he had cast from him all love to and delight in that exercise upon finding that it proved unavailing as a means of deliverance. He rather describes his untiring perseverance; and the same idea is expressed by his hoarse throat and failing eyes. (70) He certainly did not cry out before men from mere affectation, nor was this hoarseness contracted in the course of one day. We perceive, then, that although his bodily senses failed him, the vigor of his faith was by no means extinguished. When we reflect that David has spoken, as it were, out of the mouth of Christ, and, as it were, out of the mouth of all true saints who are the members of Christ, we ought not to think that any strange thing happens to us, if at any time we are so overwhelmed with death, as to be unable to discern the slightest hope of life. Yea, rather let us learn betimes, while God spares us, to meditate on this truth, and derive the aid which it is fitted to impart under calamity, that even in the most profound depths of adversity faith may hold us up, and, what is more, may elevate us to God; there being, as Paul testifies, (Rom 8:39) no height nor depth which can separate us from the infinite love of Him who swallows up all depths, yea, even hell itself.
(70) “‘ My sight faileth me,’ etc. This is said metaphorically, the metaphor being taken from the pain occasioned to the eyes when they are long and intently fixed upon the same point.” — Cresswell
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(3) Crying.Better, calling, i.e., on God in prayer. For a similar picture of utter dejection comp. Psa. 22:15. The following English lines have caught the feeling of these verses:
How have I knelt with arms of my aspiring
Lifted all night in irresponsive air,
Dazed and amazed with overmuch desiring,
Blank with the utter agony of prayer.
St. Paul, by F. Myers.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
3. My throat is dried Literally, burnt, parched, by grief and weeping.
Eyes fail Pine away, consume, as Lev 26:16, and 1Sa 2:33, from excessive weeping.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Ver. 3. I am weary of mg crying ] As a drowning man, while he can be heard, crieth for help.
My throat is dried
Mine eyes fail
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I am: Psa 6:6, Psa 13:1-3, Psa 22:2, Heb 5:7
my throat: Psa 69:21, Psa 22:15, Joh 19:28
mine: Psa 119:82, Psa 119:123, Deu 28:32, Job 11:20, Job 16:16, Isa 38:14, Lam 2:11
I wait: Psa 25:21, Psa 39:7
Reciprocal: Job 31:16 – the eyes Psa 38:10 – the light Psa 143:7 – my spirit Pro 13:12 – Hope Son 5:6 – my soul Lam 5:17 – our eyes Rom 8:26 – with
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 69:3-4. I am weary of my crying I have prayed and cried to God long and fervently, and yet God seems to neglect and forsake me. My throat is dried With loud and frequent cries. Mine eyes fail With looking to God for that aid and deliverance which he hath promised, and which I confidently expected, but hitherto in vain. They that hate me without a cause Without any injury or occasion given them by me; are more than the hairs of my head Are grown more formidable, both for their number, which is exceeding great, and for their power, for they are mighty So that, if thou do not interpose for my deliverance, they are well able to destroy me, to which they do not want the will, having conceived an implacable and undeserved hatred against me. Though I have been so far from provoking their malice, that I restored that which I took not away For I was content, rather than quarrel with them, to part with my own right, and make them satisfaction for a wrong which I never did them. Bishop Patrick. Under this one kind of ill usage he comprehends all those injuries and violences which they had practised against him.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine {d} eyes fail while I wait for my God.
(d) Though his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant and encouraged him still to pray.