“My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.”
The psalmist describes how his heart pounds and his strength fails him, and the light of his eyes has gone from him. The acceleration of the heart suggests the anxiety and fear that accompanies profound affliction. The failure of strength and the dimming of the light of the eyes suggest comprehensive physical and psychological deterioration. This verse portrays the psalmist on the verge of complete collapse.
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