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Psalms 119:28

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

KJV

My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

ASV

דָּלְפָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁ/י מִ/תּוּגָ֑ה קַ֝יְּמֵ֗/נִי כִּ/דְבָרֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

YLT

My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִדְלֹ֥ף
ydlp
verb · 3×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
תּוּגַ֥ת
tvgt
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
  • 1Pet 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.
  • Deut 33:25 — Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
  • Eph 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;
  • Isa 40:29 — He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
  • Isa 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.
  • Josh 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 bene
  • Josh 2:24 — And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
  • Phil 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
  • Ps 20:2 — Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 27:14 — Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
  • Ps 29:11 — The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
  • Ps 107:26 — They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
  • Ps 107:26 — They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
  • Zech 10:12 — And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.