The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 69:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I am weary of my crying; i.e. "I have cried to God for aid, until I am weary of so doing." No reply comes, no aid is given. My throat is dried. Parched—unable to cry out any more. Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God (comp.

Psalms 119:82; Deuteronomy 28:32). "I have waited and looked for God, till I can look no more."

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