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Commentary for Psalms 69:4

יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְקָרְאִי֮ נִחַ֪ר גְּר֫וֹנִ֥י כָּל֥וּ עֵינַ֑י מְ֝יַחֵ֗ל לֵאלֹהָֽי׃

I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Rashi on Psalms

has become parched Heb. נחר, dry, as (Job 30:30): “are burned (חרה) with heat.”
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Rashi on Psalms

my eyes fail Any drawn-out hope is called “failure of the eyes,” as (Deut. 28:32): “and pine after them all day”. [Similarly] (Lev. 26:16): “that cause the eyes to pine away”; (Job 11:20), “and the eyes of the wicked will pine away.”
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