Psalms 119:28
My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
In Context
27The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
29The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Iron and bronze, be thy sandals, And, as thy days, be thy strength.
Joshua 2:24and they said unto Joshua, Yahweh, hath delivered, into our hand all the land,—moreover also all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before us.
Psalms 22:14Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones,—My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;
Psalms 29:11Yahweh, will give, strength to his people,—Yahweh, will bless his people with prosperity.
Isaiah 40:29Giving to him that fainteth, strength, And to him that hath no vigour, he causeth, power to abound?
Zechariah 10:12And I will make them mighty in Yahweh, and, in his name, shall they march to and fro,—Declareth Yahweh.
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 →