Psalms 119:28
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
In Context
27Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
29Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
Joshua 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 29:11The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:27-28
26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. We have here, 1. The great intimacy and freedom that had been between David and his God. David had opened his case, opened his very heart to God: " I have declared my ways, and acknowledged thee in them all, have taken thee along with me in all my designs and enterprises." Thus Jephthah uttered all his words, and Hezekiah spread his letters, before the… Read the whole commentary →