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Psalms 88:9

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

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ASV

Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

KJV

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עֵינִ֥י'ei.Nieye myH5869 →
דָאֲבָ֗הda.'a.Vahit is faintH1669 →
מִנִּ֫יmi.NifromH4480 →
עֹ֥נִי'O.niafflictionH6040 →
קְרָאתִ֣יךָke.ra.Ti.chaI have called out to youH7121 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
בְּכָל־be.kholon everyH3605 →
י֑וֹםYomdayH3117 →
שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּיshi.Tach.tiI have spread outH7849 →
אֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
כַפָּֽי׃kha.Paihands myH3709 →

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Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.Psalms 86:3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.Psalms 38:10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. SelahPsalms 42:3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.Lamentations 3:48–49Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Psalms 55:17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.Psalms 68:31Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tearsEzekiel 17:11Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.John 11:35Jesus wept.Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

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