Psalms 119:123 (WEB)

Passage

My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

Psalms 119:122 Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

Psalms 119:123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

Psalms 119:124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

Psalms 119:125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "eyes", "fail", "looking", "salvation", "righteous", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "eyes" and "fail", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 122's "Ensure your servant s well-being Don t..." into verse 124's "Deal with your servant according to your...", so "eyes" and "fail" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "eyes" and "fail" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.