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Psalms 69:3

69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth deep waters: Heb. depth of waters
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

What does Psalms 69:3 mean?

Psalms 69:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָגַע (yâgaʻ), קָרָא (qârâʼ), גָּרוֹן (gârôwn).

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I
am
wearyיָגַעyâgaʻ/yaw-gah'/H3021properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
of
my
crying:קָרָאqârâʼ/kaw-raw'/H7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
my
throatגָּרוֹןgârôwn/gaw-rone'/H1627the throat (as roughened by swallowing)
is
dried:חָרַרchârar/khaw-rar'/H2787to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)
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)
while
I
waitיָחַלyâchal/yaw-chal'/H3176to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
for
my
God.אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:3.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was

Genesis 1:8

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 21:12

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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.

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What does Psalms 69:3 say?

Psalms 69:3 (King James Version) reads: "I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."

Is Psalms 69:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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