Psalms 119:81-88
Kaf <03615> [fainteth.]
hope <03176> [but I.]
eyes <05869> [eyes.]
comfort <05162> [When wilt.]
wineskin ..... smoke <07008 04997> [like a bottle in the smoke.]
As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress.
forget <07911> [yet do I.]
How long <03117> [How.]
endure <06213> [when.]
arrogant <02086> [The proud.]
This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East: deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin.
law <08451> [which.]
commands <04687> [All thy.]
reliable <0530> [faithful. Heb. faithfulness. they.]
Help <05826> [help.]
almost <04592> [almost.]
reject <05800> [but I forsook.]
Revive <02421> [Quicken.]
keep <08104> [so shall I.]
