God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:28
28I am drowning in tears. Strengthen me as you promised.
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 told you what I have done, and you answered me. Teach me your laws. 27Help me understand your guiding principles so that I may reflect on your miracles. I am drowning in tears. Strengthen me as you promised. 29Turn me away from a life of lies. Graciously provide me with your teachings. 30I have chosen a life of faithfulness. I have set your regulations in front of me.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:28 word by word
דָּלְפָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִתּוּגָ֑ה קַ֝יְּמֵ֗נִי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
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 like wax. It has melted within me.
- Psalms 107:26The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage melted in ⌞the face of⌟ disaster.
- Joshua 2:11When we heard about it, we lost heart. There was no courage left in any of us because of you. The Lord your God is the God of heaven and earth.
- Psalms 27:14Wait with hope for the Lord. Be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Yes, wait with hope for the Lord.
- Psalms 29:11The Lord will give power to his people. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
- Deuteronomy 33:25May the locks and bolts of your gates be made of iron and copper. May your strength last as long as you live.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives strength to those who grow tired and increases the strength of those who are weak.
- Zechariah 10:12“I will strengthen them in the Lord. They will live in his name,” declares the Lord.
- Ephesians 3:16I’m asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit.
- Philippians 4:13I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.
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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