Psalms 119:28
I am overcome with sorrow; raise me up, as you have promised.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
In Context
27Grant me insight into your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders.
29Put the way of falsehood from me, and graciously grant me your law.
Cross References
Joshua 2:24They said to Joshua, “The Lord has put all the country into our hands. Everyone who lives in this land is trembling before us!”
Psalms 22:14Poured out am I like water, and all my bones are loosened. My heart is become like wax, melted within me.
Psalms 29:11The Lord gives strength to his people, he blesses his people with peace.
Zechariah 10:12I will make them strong in the Lord, they will walk in his name, says 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 →