Psalm 119:81 - Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet

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Context

Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
…80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. 81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. 82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”…

Cross References

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.Psalm 84:2
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.Psalm 119:43
Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.Psalm 119:166
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Psalm 119:20,40
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times…

Psalm 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…

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

but I

Psalm 119:42,74,77,114
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word…

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Psalm 119

1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw

CAPH.

(81) Fainteth.--The same Hebrew word as fail in the next verse.

Verse 81. - My soul fainteth for thy salvation (comp. Psalm 84:2). The phrase used expresses the most intense desire possible. But I hope in thy Word. (So also ver. 74.) While almost fainting, the psalmist is sustained by his hope and trust in God's promises. Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

My soul
נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

faints
כָּלְתָ֣ה (kā·lə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

for Your salvation;
לִתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣ (liṯ·šū·‘ā·ṯə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8668: Deliverance, salvation

I wait
יִחָֽלְתִּי׃ (yi·ḥā·lə·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3176: To wait, to be patient, hope

for Your word.
לִדְבָרְךָ֥ (liḏ·ḇā·rə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

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