Psalms 119:28
My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
Noyes Bible
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! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
29Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!
Cross References
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.
Psalms 29:11Jehovah will give strength to his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; To the feeble abundant strength.
Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them through Jehovah, And in his name shall they walk, saith Jehovah.
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 →