| Barnes' Notes on the Bible The prophet reaches the verge of despair. But by struggling against it he reaches at length firm ground.
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd my hope - That first, that last support of the miserable - it is gone! it is perished! The sovereign God alone can revive it.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd I said, my strength and my hope are perished from the Lord. The former of these words signifies, according to Aben Ezra, "my standing", my subsistence, my continuance in being, or my perpetuity; according to Jarchi, my abiding (r) in this world; it is rendered "blood" in Isaiah 63:3; which is the support of life; and which when gone, or ceases to circulate, a man ceases to be: the sense is, that the prophet, or those he represents, looked upon themselves as dead men, at least of a short continuance; their natural strength was exhausted, and they must quickly die, and had no hope of living, or of enjoying the divine favour, or good things, at the hand of God. Some understand it of spiritual strength to do good, and of hope of having good things, or deliverance from the hand of God, which they were despairing of; for the words are the language of despondency, and betray great, weakness and infirmity; for in the Lord is everlasting strength, and he is the hope of his people, and the Saviour of them in time of trouble, Isaiah 26:4. (r) "duratio mea", Montanus; "perennitas mea", Cocceius.
Geneva Study BibleAnd I said, My strength and my {g} hope hath perished from the LORD: (g) Thus with pain he was driven to and fro between hope and despair, as the godly often are, yet in the end the spirit gets the victory.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary18. from the Lord-that is, my hope derived from Him (Ps 31:22). Zain.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary3:1-20 The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks that his strength and hope are perished from the Lord. | 
