Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message"For these things I weep; my eye, my eye streams with tears — for the one who could comfort and restore my very being has withdrawn far from me. My children are desolate, for the enemy has triumphed."
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G"For these things I weep; my eye, my eye — it runs with water. For a comforter who could restore my whole-being is far from me. My children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed."
KJV
King James VersionFor these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
Footnotes
עֵינִי עֵינִי = "my eye, my eye" — the repetition is the grammar of devastation; Hebrew doubles a word to reach a pitch beyond what single speech can carry. It is grief that cannot finish its own sentence. מֵשִׁיב נַפְשִׁי = "the one who restores my nephesh" — F.O.G Message deliberately echoes Ps 23:3 ("He restores my very being") so that the theological weight of what is absent reverberates: the Shepherd-Comforter is nowhere to be found.
