Psalm 119:81-83 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:81-82

Here we have the psalmist, I. Longing for help from heaven: My soul faints; my eyes fail. He longs for the salvation of the Lord and for his word, that is, salvation according to the word. He is not thus eager for the creatures of fancy, but for the objects of faith, salvation from the present calamities under which he was groaning and the doubts and fears which he was oppressed with. It may be understood of the coming of the Messiah, and so he speaks in the name of the Old-Testament church;... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:83

David begs God would make haste to comfort him, 1. Because his affliction was great, and therefore he was an object of God's pity: Lord, make haste to help me, for I have become like a bottle in the smoke, a leathern bottle, which, if it hung any while in the smoke, was not onl 8000 y blackened with soot, but dried, and parched, and shrivelled up. David was thus wasted by age, and sickness, and sorrow. See how affliction will mortify the strongest and stoutest of men! David had been of a ruddy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:81

כ , CAPH.--The Eleventh Part . CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation , Either for temporal salvation and deliverance from enemies; which, being promised, was expected by him from the Lord; but not coming so soon as looked for, his spirits began to sink and faint: or for spiritual and eternal salvation, for a view of interest in it, for the joys and comforts of it, and for the full possession of is in heaven; and, particularly, for the promised Messiah, the author of it, often... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:82

Mine eyes fail for thy word ,.... Either with looking for the Messiah, the essential Word, that was to be, and afterwards was made flesh, and dwelt among men; or for the fulfilment of the word of promise, on which he was made to hope; but that being deferred; and he believing in hope against hope, and looking out continually till it was accomplished, his eyes grew weary, and failed him, and he was just ready to give up all expectation of it; see Psalm 77:8 ; saying, when wilt thou... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:83

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke ,.... Like a bottle made of the skins of beasts, as was usual in those times and countries: hence we read of old and new bottles, and of their rending, Judges 9:13 , Matthew 9:17 . Now such a bottle being hung up in a smoky chimney, would be dried and shrivelled up, and be good for nothing; so Jarchi's note is, "like a bottle made of skin, which is dried in smoke;' and the Targum is, "like a bottle that hangs in smoke.' It denotes the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:81

My soul fainteth for thy salvation - I have longed so incessantly after thy salvation - the complete purification and restoration of my soul, that my very spirits are exhausted. "My heartstrings groan with deep complaint; My soul lies panting, Lord, for thee; And every limb and every joint Stretches for perfect purity." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:82

Mine eyes fail - With looking up for the fulfillment of thy promise, as my heart fails in longing after thy presence. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:83

Like a bottle in the smoke - In the eastern countries their bottles are made of skins; one of these hung in the smoke must soon be parched and shrivelled up. This represents the exhausted state of his body and mind by long bodily affliction and mental distress. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:81

Verse 81 81.My soul hath fainted for thy salvation. The Psalmist intimates that, although worn out with continual grief, and perceiving no issue to his calamities, yet trouble and weariness had not produced such a discouraging effect upon his mind, as to prevent him from always reposing with confidence in God. To bring out the meaning the more distinctly, we must begin at the second clause, which is obviously added by way of exposition. There he affirms that he trusts in God; and this is the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:82

Verse 82 82My eyes have waxed dim in looking for thy word This verse is very similar to the preceding, — transforming to the eyes what had been said before concerning the soul. The only difference is, that, instead of longing after salvation or help, the expression, longing after God’s word compromise, is here used; for salvation is an act, as it is termed; that is to say, it consists in effect, whereas a promise keeps us suspended in expectation. God may not, all at once, openly perform what... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:81-82

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:83

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:81

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:82

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:83

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:81

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:82

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:83

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:81

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:82

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