“Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.”
The physical effects of suffering: "My eye grows dim with grief. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you." The physical dimming of the eye expresses the bodily manifestation of suffering. Yet despite physical diminishment, the supplicant continues to pray and gestures toward God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 88:9
1. The Title of this eighty-seventh Psalm contains a fresh subject for enquiry: the words occurring here, “for Melech to respond,” being nowhere else found. We have already given our opinion on the meaning of the titles Psalmus Cantici and Canticum Psalmi: and the words, “sons of Core,” are constantly repeated, and have often been explained: so also “to the end;” but what comes next in this title is peculiar. For “Melech” we may translate into Latin “for the chorus,” for…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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