Psalm 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Cross-references
Psalm 88:1 opens the same psalm with crying out day and night, reinforcing the persistent prayer in verse 9.
Psalm 38:10 also speaks of the light of eyes failing — the same physical symptom of sorrow.
Psalm 42:3 describes tears as food day and night — the same constant sorrow and crying out to God.
Psalm 102:9 speaks of eating ashes and mingling tears — similar mourning and affliction.
Psalm 143:6 also depicts stretching out hands in prayer, adding the metaphor of a parched land thirsting for God.
Psalm 6:7 directly parallels 'my eye wastes away because of grief' — nearly identical to the dim eye from sorrow.
Psalm 31:9 also says 'my eye is wasted from grief,' reinforcing the physical toll of lament.
Psalm 86:3 has David crying all day long, matching the psalmist's daily calling — both express continual dependence on God.
Psalm 55:17 shows David praying three times daily, illustrating the same pattern of constant prayer as the psalmist's 'every day'.
Job 17:7 directly parallels 'my eye grows dim from vexation' — the same phrase of physical affliction from sorrow.
In Job 16:20, Job's eye pours out tears to God, mirroring the psalmist's dim eye and prayer — both lament personal suffering with persistent crying out.
Job 11:13 similarly speaks of stretching out hands to God, though in a conditional context of repentance.
Lamentations 3:48 describes eyes flowing with rivers of tears over national ruin, echoing the psalmist's personal weeping.
Lamentations 3:49 continues the unceasing weeping, emphasizing relentless sorrow like the psalmist's daily calling.