Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou hast heard my voice,.... Either in times past, when he cried unto him, and was delivered; and this was an encouragement to call upon him again in such extremity, who had shown himself to be a God…
The deep sympathy of the prophet, which pours itself forth in abundant tears over the distress of his people. Lam 3:51 Or, “Mine eye” causeth pain to my soul, i. e. maketh my soul ache, because of the…
Adam Clarke
Mine eye affecteth mine heart - What I see I feel. I see nothing but misery; and I feel, in consequence, nothing but pain. There have been various translations of the original: but they all amount to…
It is easier to chide ourselves for complaining than to chide ourselves out of it. The prophet had owned that a living man should not complain, as if he checked himself for his complaints in the…
Cambridge Bible
affecteth my soul The inflammation of eyes caused by continual weeping, or, better, the sights of misery on which he looks, add to his mental suffering.
the daughters of my city either those whose…
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