Psalms 119:81
CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
82Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
Cross References
Job 19:27Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes are consumed within me.
Psalms 73:26My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
Psalms 119:20Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
Psalms 119:41VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
Psalms 119:43And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
Psalms 119:77Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
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 →