King James Version
Psalms 119:123 in the King James Version says “Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.”
Psalms 119:123 · KJV
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Mine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“fail”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“for thy salvation”
H3444something saved, i.e., (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
“of thy righteousness”
H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
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