Psalms 119:82

119:81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

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My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?

119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

What does Psalms 119:82 mean?

Psalms 119:82 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עַיִן (ʻayin), כָּלָה (kâlâh), אִמְרָה (ʼimrâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Mine

eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

failכָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

for

thy

word,אִמְרָהʼimrâh/im-raw'/H565{something said}

saying,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

When

wilt

thou

comfortנָחַםnâcham/naw-kham'/H5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)

me?

Topics

Affliction, Consolation Under Instruction Scriptures, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:82.

Exodus 32:12

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Genesis 24:45

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Genesis 4:23

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. I have: or, I would slay a man in my wound, etc to my hurt: or, in my hurt

Genesis 5:29

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 119:82 say?

Psalms 119:82 (King James Version) reads: "Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?"

Is Psalms 119:82 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:82 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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