I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
It speaks of one worn out by weeping and sorrow, with throat parched and dry and eyes failing from long looking for help. That waiting is a pleading for God to answer and bring relief, held in deep distress with persistent and expectant dependence on Him. Its cries belong to the prophetic picture of the Saviour, pointing to how Jesus would be treated by the world in betrayal, condemnation and crucifixion under hatred without a cause. It shows His inner suffering when the sins of the world rested upon Him and in His struggle with the enemy, wearied by crying until throat was dry and eyes failed while He waited for God and shared human physical distress. Its prayers may be prayed by any Christian whose history runs parallel to David's and by Christ's children in the same distress, with assurance that God hears, and the triumph He won in that suffering is theirs as well, though those who held it otherwise teach it is simply David's own experience applying to Jesus no more than to any hated without a cause today.
Words and Setting
The speaker is worn out by crying and sorrow, with a dry or parched throat and failing eyes while waiting for God. That waiting is an appeal for Him to answer and bring relief, expressing deep distress and persistent, expectant dependence on Him.
The verse stands in one of the cursing psalms, together with Psalm 109 and Psalm 137, whose prayers against enemies are objected to as vindictive revenge. Those curses mean no personal hatred or incitement to cruelty, but are typical of tribulation upon the enemies of the church and predictive and declarative of the retributive providence and justice of the sin-hating God against sinners. The verse is a simple record of David's own experience as one weary with crying, dried in the throat, and failing in the eyes while waiting for God.
Prophecy of Christ
The psalm portrays experiences that prefigure the life of Jesus, so being worn out by crying with failing eyes while waiting for God belongs to that prophetic picture of the Saviour. It points to his betrayal, condemnation, and crucifixion as prophecy fulfilled in him, and must be read with that reference to him in view. It belongs to the prophecy of how he would be treated by the world, showing him wearied and suffering under hatred without a cause, and that hatred of him signifies hatred of the Father also.
It expresses his experience when the sins of the world rested upon him, crying until weary with dry throat and failing eyes as he waited for God. It gives a prophetic glimpse of his inner suffering in his struggle with the enemy, crying until the throat is dry and the eyes fail as he waits for God. It shows him enduring deep physical distress, left weary by crying with dry throat and failing eyes, among the psalms showing that he shared human suffering, including sickness.
The burden relates primarily to David and finally and antitypically to Christ, with portions quoted in the New Testament as fulfilled in Christ, though not every verse of the psalm applies to Christ. It applies literally to Christ as the New Testament expressly states, yet not every word can be applied literally to him, since that would make him a sinner, for a prophecy may apply partly to what is immediately before the reader and partly to what is remote, so use of one text in an accommodated sense does not require the whole prophecy to be accommodated, and literal use of one part does not require the whole to be literal. Its words are not limited to one predictive fulfillment, for zeal for God's house and taking upon oneself the reproaches aimed at God can be appropriated by any Christian whose history runs parallel to David's, which is different from fulfillment of a prediction though both can be called fulfillment of Scripture. By contrast, as held by some, it is part of a simple record of David's own experience, not a prediction, and applies to Jesus no more than to anyone else in the present day who is hated without a cause and whose history touches David's history at such points.
Prayer and Assurance
The worn-out weeping that dries the throat and dims the eyes while still waiting for God belongs to a psalm whose prayers may be offered with assurance that God hears. That assurance stands with the prophetic reflection of Christ's experience in this suffering. The consuming zeal for God's house and the taking upon oneself of reproaches aimed at God may be appropriated by any Christian whose history runs parallel to David's, which is distinct from fulfillment of a prediction even though both may be called fulfillment of Scripture.
In deep distress and waiting for God of the kind Christ passed through, his children when their circumstances call for it may also pray these prayers of the psalm. They may do so trusting that God will hear them. The triumph Christ won in that suffering is shared with his children and is theirs as well.
It speaks of one worn out by weeping and sorrow, with throat parched and dry and eyes failing from long looking for help. That waiting is a pleading for God to answer and bring relief, held in deep distress with persistent and expectant dependence on Him. Its cries belong to the prophetic picture of the Saviour, pointing to how Jesus would be treated by the world in betrayal, condemnation and crucifixion under hatred without a cause. It shows His inner suffering when the sins of the world rested upon Him and in His struggle with the enemy, wearied by crying until throat was dry and eyes failed while He waited for God and shared human physical distress. Its prayers may be prayed by any Christian whose history runs parallel to David's and by Christ's children in the same distress, with assurance that God hears, and the triumph He won in that suffering is theirs as well, though those who held it otherwise teach it is simply David's own experience applying to Jesus no more than to any hated without a cause today.
Words and Setting
The speaker is worn out by crying and sorrow, with a dry or parched throat and failing eyes while waiting for God. That waiting is an appeal for Him to answer and bring relief, expressing deep distress and persistent, expectant dependence on Him.
The verse stands in one of the cursing psalms, together with Psalm 109 and Psalm 137, whose prayers against enemies are objected to as vindictive revenge. Those curses mean no personal hatred or incitement to cruelty, but are typical of tribulation upon the enemies of the church and predictive and declarative of the retributive providence and justice of the sin-hating God against sinners. The verse is a simple record of David's own experience as one weary with crying, dried in the throat, and failing in the eyes while waiting for God.
Prophecy of Christ
The psalm portrays experiences that prefigure the life of Jesus, so being worn out by crying with failing eyes while waiting for God belongs to that prophetic picture of the Saviour. It points to his betrayal, condemnation, and crucifixion as prophecy fulfilled in him, and must be read with that reference to him in view. It belongs to the prophecy of how he would be treated by the world, showing him wearied and suffering under hatred without a cause, and that hatred of him signifies hatred of the Father also.
It expresses his experience when the sins of the world rested upon him, crying until weary with dry throat and failing eyes as he waited for God. It gives a prophetic glimpse of his inner suffering in his struggle with the enemy, crying until the throat is dry and the eyes fail as he waits for God. It shows him enduring deep physical distress, left weary by crying with dry throat and failing eyes, among the psalms showing that he shared human suffering, including sickness.
The burden relates primarily to David and finally and antitypically to Christ, with portions quoted in the New Testament as fulfilled in Christ, though not every verse of the psalm applies to Christ. It applies literally to Christ as the New Testament expressly states, yet not every word can be applied literally to him, since that would make him a sinner, for a prophecy may apply partly to what is immediately before the reader and partly to what is remote, so use of one text in an accommodated sense does not require the whole prophecy to be accommodated, and literal use of one part does not require the whole to be literal. Its words are not limited to one predictive fulfillment, for zeal for God's house and taking upon oneself the reproaches aimed at God can be appropriated by any Christian whose history runs parallel to David's, which is different from fulfillment of a prediction though both can be called fulfillment of Scripture. By contrast, as held by some, it is part of a simple record of David's own experience, not a prediction, and applies to Jesus no more than to anyone else in the present day who is hated without a cause and whose history touches David's history at such points.
Prayer and Assurance
The worn-out weeping that dries the throat and dims the eyes while still waiting for God belongs to a psalm whose prayers may be offered with assurance that God hears. That assurance stands with the prophetic reflection of Christ's experience in this suffering. The consuming zeal for God's house and the taking upon oneself of reproaches aimed at God may be appropriated by any Christian whose history runs parallel to David's, which is distinct from fulfillment of a prediction even though both may be called fulfillment of Scripture.
In deep distress and waiting for God of the kind Christ passed through, his children when their circumstances call for it may also pray these prayers of the psalm. They may do so trusting that God will hear them. The triumph Christ won in that suffering is shared with his children and is theirs as well.