Psalms 69:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בִּיוֵ֣ן מְ֭צוּלָה וְאֵ֣ין מָעֳמָ֑ד בָּ֥אתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־מַ֝֗יִם וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃

Transliteration

ṭāba'tî in-yāwēn mĕṣûlâ and-'ên mā'ŏmād bā'tî in-ma'ămaqê-mayim and-šibbōlet šĕṭāpātnî

Grammar Details

*ṭāba'tî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have sunk
*yāwēn*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bĕ - in mire/mud
*mĕṣûlâ*: feminine singular noun - deep/depth
*'ên*: construct particle of negation - there is no
*mā'ŏmād*: masculine singular noun - standing place/foothold
*bā'tî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have come/entered
*ma'ămaqê*: masculine plural construct noun with prefixed preposition bĕ - in depths of
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
*šibbōlet*: feminine singular noun - flood/current/flowing stream
*šĕṭāpātnî*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - it has overflowed me

Word Meanings

*ṭāba'tî*: I have sunk/I am sinking
*yāwēn*: mire/mud
*mĕṣûlâ*: depth/deep place/abyss
*mā'ŏmād*: standing place/foothold/foundation
*ma'ămaqê*: depths/deep places
*šibbōlet*: flowing stream/flood/current
*šĕṭāpātnî*: it has swept over me/it has flooded me/it has overwhelmed me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Ps 119:82 : 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
Ps 119:123 : 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
Deut 28:32 : 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
Ps 39:7 : 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
Ps 69:21 : 21 They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
Job 16:16 : 16 My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Ps 13:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
John 19:28 : 28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.
Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up {G5037} prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

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