Psalms 119:81
My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!
82Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
Cross References
Job 19:27Yea, I shall see him my friend; My eyes shall behold him, and not another: For this, my soul panteth within me.
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalms 119:20My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
Psalms 119:41Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!
Psalms 119:43O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
Psalms 119:77Let thy tender mercies come to 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 →