Psalm 69:3

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

Cross-reference

Psalm 6:6 Parallel

Psalm 6:6 also expresses weariness from groaning and tears, reinforcing the psalmist's exhausted crying to God.

Psalm 13:1-3 voices the same desperate waiting and crying out, with eyes failing from seeking God's face.

Psalm 22:2 Parallel

Psalm 22:2 echoes the cry of one who calls day and night without answer, paralleling the psalmist's weary waiting.

Psalm 22:15 Parallel

Psalm 22:15 describes dried strength and tongue cleaving to jaws, matching the psalmist's parched throat and failing eyes.

Psalm 119:82 also has eyes failing from longing for God's promise, mirroring the same physical exhaustion in waiting for God.

Psalm 119:123 repeats the exact phrase 'eyes fail' while longing for salvation, reinforcing the theme of weary waiting for God.

Psalm 38:10 Parallel

In Psalm 38:10, the psalmist similarly describes failing eyes and strength, echoing the physical exhaustion of waiting on God.

Isaiah 38:14 has Hezekiah's eyes weary from looking upward in prayer, paralleling the psalmist's eyes failing from waiting on God.

Lamentations 2:11 says eyes are spent with weeping over destruction, directly matching the psalmist's weary crying and failing eyes.

Hebrews 5:7 Typology

Hebrews 5:7 describes Christ offering prayers with strong crying and tears, fulfilling the psalmist's pattern of anguished supplication.

Proverbs 13:12 Related theme

Proverbs 13:12 explains that hope deferred makes the heart sick, which is exactly the condition described in Psalm 69:3.

Lamentations 5:17 describes eyes growing dim from suffering, the same physical symptom of distress as in Psalm 69:3.

Romans 8:26 Allusion

Romans 8:26 assures that the Spirit helps in weakness, addressing the same helplessness and groaning seen in Psalm 69:3.

Deuteronomy 28:32 uses the same idiom of eyes failing from longing, but in a curse context of children taken captive.