My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Lord. I have spread out my hands to you.
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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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction,.... Or dropped tears, as the Targum, by which grief was vented; see
Psa 6:7
.
Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee; in prayer, as the Targum adds, this being a prayer gesture: notwithstanding his troubles continued and increased, he did not leave off praying, though he was not immediately heard and answered, which is what is tacitly complained of, as in
Psa 22:2
. Christ, in his troubles in the garden, and on the cross, prayed for himself, for divine support and assistance, as man; for his friends, disciples, and apostles, and for all that should believe in him through them; and even for his enemies.
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