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Psalms 119:28
28My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.
Psalms 119:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!
- New King James Version (NKJV)My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:28
26I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes. 27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works. My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word. 29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law. 30I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:28 word by word
דָּלְפָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִתּוּגָ֑ה קַ֝יְּמֵ֗נִי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:28
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- Psalms 107:26They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
- Joshua 2:11We heard [of it], and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.
- Psalms 27:14Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.
- Psalms 29:11Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
- Deuteronomy 33:25Iron and brass shall be thy bolts; And thy rest as thy days.
- Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
- Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk in his name, saith Jehovah.
- Ephesians 3:16in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;
- Philippians 4:13I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28My soul melteth - דלף dalaph sigifies to distil, to drop as tears from the eye. As my distresses cause the tears to distil from my eyes, so the overwhelming load of my afflictions causes my life to ebb and leak out.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28My soul melteth - Margin, “droppeth.” The Hebrew word here employed - דלף dâlaph - means to drop, to drip, to distil, spoken of a house, as when the rain drops through the roof, Ecclesiastes 10:18; then, to shed tears, to weep, Job 16:20 - and this seems to be the meaning here. The idea of melting is not properly in the word, and the term weep would better express the meaning. His soul seemed to drop tears. It overflowed with tears. Yet there is an idea…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-32Verses 25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It is unspeakable comfort to a gracious soul, to think with what tenderness all its complaints are received by a gracious God. We can talk of the wonders of redeeming love, when we understand the way of God's precepts, and walk in that way. The penitent…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-32Daleth (ד) is the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The poet feels deep pain and sadness but asks the Lord to give him strength. He wants to follow the Lord. Suffering and death may result from the Lord’s discipline (Psalms 118:17–18; 119:67, 71, 75), but his instruction renews the weary soul (see 119:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3228-32. In order to adhere to His word, we must seek deliverance from temptations to sin as well as from despondency. enlarge--or, "expand" my heart--with gracious affections. HE. (Psa 119:33-40).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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