Psalms 119:28
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
In Context
27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Your bars will be iron and bronze. As your days, so your strength will be.
Joshua 2:24They said to Joshua, “Truly the LORD has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.
Psalms 29:11The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.
Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD. They will walk up and down 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 →