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Commentary for Psalms 6:8

עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃

Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Rashi on Psalms

is dimmed Heb. עשׁשׁה, an expression of a lantern (עשׁשׁית), an eye which has impaired vision and seems to see through glass [held] before its eyes. Menachem (p. 139) defines it as an expression of decay, and so every expression of עשׁ, like (below 31:1 1) “and my bones are wasted away (עשׁשׁו).”
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Radak on Psalms

Decayed: – (The word) עָשְֽׁשָׁה ("is moth-eaten") is of the same origin (as עָשׁ, "moth"; cf) "the moth (עָשׁ) shall devour them" (Is. 1. 9), as if he had said "decays."
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Rashi on Psalms

it has aged Heb. עתקה. My eye has aged and become old in that its light has dimmed. Menachem (p. 139) associated it with (Gen. 12:8): “And he moved (ויעתק) from there to the mountain.”
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