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My eye grows weak because of all my FOES

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Watch the parallelism in Ps 6:

6 I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
David cried to sleep. His anguish was taxing on his eyes. The next verse reinforced the last one.

7 My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
His grief stressed his eyes. His enemies caused his weeping. It was taking a physical toll on his eyes.

His foes caused him to weep on his bed. This nightly routine was weakening his eyes physically. It's a vivid expression of how deep emotional pain could manifest physically, and it's part of the psalmist's appeal to God for deliverance and healing.