Psalms 69:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.”
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“I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 69:3 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Job 16:16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
- Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
- Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- Psalms 39:7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
- Psalms 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- Psalms 69:21They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
- Psalms 88:7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
- Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
- Psalms 119:123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
- Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
- John 19:28After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
- Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
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