Psalms 119:81
CAPH. My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80Let my heart be undivided in Thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.
82Mine eyes fail for Thy word, saying: 'When wilt Thou comfort me?'
Cross References
Job 19:27Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Psalms 119:20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.
Psalms 119:41VAV. Let Thy mercies also come unto me, O LORD, even Thy salvation, according to Thy word;
Psalms 119:43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I hope in Thine ordinances;
Psalms 119:77Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for Thy law is my delight.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:81
80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. Here is, 1. David's prayer for sincerity, that his heart might be brought to God's statutes, and that it might be sound in them, not rotten and deceitful, that he might not rest in the form of godliness, but be acquainted with the subject to the power of it,—that he might be hearty and constant in religion, and that his soul might be in health. 2. His dread of the consequences of hypocrisy: That I be not ashamed. Shame is the portion of hypocrites,… Read the whole commentary →