Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,
Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.
Psalms — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
2. Have mercy upon me. As he earnestly calls upon God to be merciful to him, it is from this the more clearly manifest, that by the terms anger and indignation he did not mean cruelty or undue severity, but only such judgment as God executes upon the reprobate, whom…