Psalms 119:81
CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.
82My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Cross References
Job 19:27Whom I shall myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart should fall; yet the rock of my heart, and my portion will be God for ever.
Psalms 119:20My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times.
Psalms 119:41VAV. And let thy kindness come unto me, O Lord, thy salvation, according to thy promise.
Psalms 119:43And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly; for I wait for thy ordinances.
Psalms 119:77Let thy 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 →