Psalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Psalms 119:136 in other translations
| BSB | My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed. |
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| WEB | Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE |
| ASV | Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law. צ TSADHE. |
| YLT | Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law! |
| DARBY | Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law. |
| BBE | Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law. |
| Webster | Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not thy law. |
What does Psalms 119:136 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:129-136
The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his…
Psalms 119:136 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 119:136
- Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
- Jeremiah 9:18
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
- Jeremiah 14:17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
- 1 Samuel 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
- Psalms 119:53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- Psalms 119:158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
- Luke 19:41
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
- Romans 9:2-3
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
- Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
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Context
- Psalms 119:135
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
- Psalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- Psalms 119:137
צ TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
Psalms 119:136 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ríos de agua descendieron de mis ojos, porque no guardaban tu ley. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Des ruisseaux d’eau coulent de mes yeux, parce qu’on ne garde pas ta loi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wasserbäche fließen herab aus meinen Augen, weil sie dein Gesetz nicht halten. |