1. Our life, as the soul signifies, Gen_9:5Psa_33:19Job_36:14; or,
2. Our body, which is oft signified by the soul, as Psa_16:10Psa_35:12 105:18. So Lev_19:28 21:1 Num_5:2.
Is dried away; is withered, and pines away; which possibly might be true through envy and discontent, and inordinate appetite, as 2Sa_13:4Pro_14:30.
Before our eyes;
Heb. our eyes see or look to nothing but this manna. They speak as if the manna were only useful to please their eyes with its fine colour and shape, but not to satisfy their appetites, or sustain their natures.