Psalms 119:81
[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
In Context
80My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
82Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
Cross References
Job 19:27Whom I — I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.
Psalms 73:26Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
Psalms 119:20Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
Psalms 119:41[Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
Psalms 119:43And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
Psalms 119:77Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my 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 →