Psalms 119 · Verse 81

Psalms 119:81

כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psalms 119:81, King James Version

Psalms 119:81 in other translations

BSBMy soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
WEBMy soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
ASVMy soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.
YLTKaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
DARBYCAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
BBEMy soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
WebsterCAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

What does Psalms 119:81 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:81-83
81-83. In sorrow the pious heart yearns for the comforts of God's promises (Psa 73:26; 84:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation - I have longed so incessantly after thy salvation - the complete purification and restoration of my soul, that my very spirits are exhausted. "My heartstrings groan with deep complaint;My soul lies panting, Lord, for thee; And every limb and every jointStretches for perfect purity."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:81-88
The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord. We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 119:81 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּלְתָ֣הkal.Tahit is exhaustedH3615
לִתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣lit.shu.'a.te.Khafor salvation yourH8668
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shibeing myH5315
לִדְבָרְךָ֥lid.va.re.Khafor word yourH1697
יִחָֽלְתִּי\׃yi.Chal.tiI hopeH3176

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:81

  • Psalms 84:2

    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  • Psalms 119:40

    Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

  • Psalms 73:26

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  • Psalms 119:114

    Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

  • Song of Solomon 5:8

    I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

  • Revelation 3:15-16

    I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

  • Psalms 119:77

    Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

  • Psalms 42:1-2

    To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

  • Psalms 119:42

    So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

  • Psalms 119:74

    They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

  • Psalms 119:20

    My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
CAPH
fainteth.
20,40; 42:1,2; 73:26; 84:2; So 5:8; Re 3:15,16
but I.
42,74,77,114

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:80

    Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  • Psalms 119:81

    כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

  • Psalms 119:82

    Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

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Psalms 119:81 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		CAPH. Desfallece mi alma por tu salud, esperando en tu palabra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon âme languit après ton salut; je m’attends à ta parole.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Seele schmachtet nach deiner Rettung, ich harre auf dein Wort.