Psalms 119:81
I faint with longing that you might rescue me! 1 I hope in your word. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80May my heart be blameless with respect to your statutes 1 so that I may not be put to shame. KAPH 1
82My eyes long to see your promise; 1 when will you comfort me? 1
Cross References
Job 19:27I will see him with my own eyes—I, and not someone else. 1 My heart fails within me. 1
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart grow weak, 1 but God is the strength of my heart forever. 1
Psalms 119:20My desires are crushed by the longing to know 1 your righteous decrees at all times. 1
Psalms 119:41Yahweh, give me your unfailing love— 1 your salvation, according to your promise; 1
Psalms 119:43Do not take the word of truth from my mouth, 1 for my hope is in your righteous decrees. 1
Psalms 119:77Show me compassion so that I may live, 1 for your law is my delight. 1
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 →