Psalms 119:28
My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
Young's Literal Translation
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 me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
29The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:25Iron and brass [are] thy shoes, And as thy days — thy strength.
Joshua 2:24and they say unto Joshua, 'Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'
Psalms 22:14As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 29:11Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!
Isaiah 40:29He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might.
Zechariah 10:12And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!
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 →