Psalms 119:81
I long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
82My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, “When will you comfort me?”
Cross References
Psalms 73:26Though flesh and heart waste away, yet God is the rock of my heart, yet God is my portion forever.
Psalms 119:20My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
Psalms 119:41Visit me, Lord, with your love and salvation, as you have promised.
Psalms 119:43Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
Psalms 119:77Visit me with your quickening pity, for your 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 →