Psalms 119:28
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Psalms 119:28 in other translations
| BSB | My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. |
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| WEB | My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. |
| ASV | My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word. |
| YLT | My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word. |
| DARBY | My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word. |
| BBE | My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word |
| Webster | My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according to thy word. |
What does Psalms 119:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:28-32
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:25-32
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…
Psalms 119:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 119:28
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- Psalms 27:14
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
- Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- 1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
- Zechariah 10:12
And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 40:29
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
- Psalms 29:11
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
- Psalms 107:26
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
- Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
- Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- Psalms 20:2
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
- Joshua 2:11
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
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Context
- Psalms 119:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- Psalms 119:28
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
- Psalms 119:29
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Psalms 119:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Deshácese mi alma de ansiedad: corrobórame según tu palabra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon âme, de tristesse, se fond en larmes; affermis-moi selon ta parole. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Vor Traurigkeit zerfließt in Tränen meine Seele; richte mich auf nach deinem Worte! |