Psalms 119:28
My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
In Context
27Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts, that I may talk of Thy wondrous works.
29Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Joshua 2:24And they said unto Joshua: 'Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.'
Psalms 22:14(22-15) I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is become like wax; it is melted in mine inmost parts.
Psalms 29:11The LORD will give strength unto His people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might He increaseth strength.
Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in His name, saith 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 →