Psalms 6:7

"I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears."

Key Reflection

This verse vividly portrays deep emotional and spiritual fatigue, as the psalmist expresses his continuous sorrow and relentless cries to God, symbolizing a profound struggle and devotion in the face of adversity. The imagery of flooding one's bed and drenching the couch with tears conveys an overwhelming sense of grief and the exhausting nature of persistent prayer and suffering.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Mine eye is consumed -The word here rendered “consumed” -עשׁשׁ‛âshêsh- means properly to fall in, to fall away, and is applied here to the “eye” as pining or wasting away from care, anxiety, and sorrow. Tears were poured forth from the eye, and it seemed to be exhausting itself in this manner. The meaning is, that it had grown “dim,” or that its sight began to fail, like that of an old man, on account of his troubles. Many have understood the word here rendered “eye” as referring to the “countenance;” but it is doubtful whether the word ever has this signification; and at any rate the common signification, referring it to the “eye,” best suits this connection.

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