Psalms 119:81
[KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
82Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Cross References
Job 19:27Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, [shall] have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
Psalms 73:26Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart—and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.
Psalms 119:20My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
Psalms 119:41[WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.
Psalms 119:43And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.
Psalms 119:77Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.
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 →