Psalms 119:28
My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
In Context
27Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
29Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Thy shooes shalbe yron and brasse, and thy strength shall continue as long as thou liuest.
Joshua 2:24Also they saide vnto Ioshua, Surely the Lord hath deliuered into our handes all the lande: for euen all the inhabitants of the countrey faint because of vs.
Psalms 22:14I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.
Psalms 29:11The Lord shall giue strength vnto his people: the Lord shall blesse his people with peace.
Isaiah 40:29But he giueth strength vnto him that fainteth, and vnto him that hath no strength, he encreaseth power.
Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walke in his Name, sayth 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 →