Psalm 6:7 “My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.”

Psalm 6:7

My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

World English Bible

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

American Standard Version

Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Geneva Bible 1599

Mine eye is dimmed for despight, and sunke in because of all mine enemies.

Darby Translation

Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.

Young's Literal Translation

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

Bible in Basic English

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

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Cross references

“Mine”

Psalm 38:10 Job 17:7 Psalm 88:9 Lamentations 5:17 Psalm 31:9 Psalm 31:10

Psalm 38:10 · BSB

My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

Job 17:7 · BSB

My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

Psalm 88:9 · BSB

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

Lamentations 5:17 · BSB

Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

Psalm 31:9 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

Psalm 31:10 · BSB

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

“it waxeth”

Psalm 32:3

Psalm 32:3 · BSB

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

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