Bible Strands
Psalms 88:9
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Yahweh in a state of complete isolation, immediately after declaring that his friends have been removed and he is confined without escape (Psalm 88:8).
The words — The Hebrew דָאֲבָ֗ה (da'ava) literally means "it is faint," describing how the psalmist's eyes fail from מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי (minni oni), rendered as "from affliction."
The thread — The motif of daily crying out to God appears in Psalm 86:3, while the physical collapse of vision accompanies spiritual distress in Psalm 38:10.
Why it lands — The text records unceasing prayer despite exhausted faculties, asking the reader to accept that persistent supplication is the required response when no relief is visible.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Cross-references
- Job 11:13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
- Psalms 38:10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
- Psalms 86:3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
- Psalms 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- Psalms 42:3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Job 16:20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
- Job 17:7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
- Psalms 6:7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- Psalms 44:20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- Psalms 55:17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.