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Psalms 119:81

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

KJV

My soul fainteth for thy salvation; ButI hope in thy word.

ASV

כָּלְתָ֣ה לִ/תְשׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֣ נַפְשִׁ֑/י לִ/דְבָרְ/ךָ֥ יִחָֽלְתִּי

Hebrew

Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

YLT

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in 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×
יִחָֽלְתִּי
ychlty
verb · 40×
ם
m
verb · 203×
תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה
tshv'h
noun · 32×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:16 — For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
  • Job 6:8 — Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
  • Prov 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Ps 13:5 — But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
  • Ps 39:7 — And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
  • Ps 51:8 — Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
  • Ps 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
  • Ps 71:5 — For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
  • Ps 73:26 — My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
  • Ps 73:26 — My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 119:40 — Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
  • Ps 119:42 — So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
  • Ps 119:49 — Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
  • Ps 119:77 — Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
  • Ps 119:114 — Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
  • Ps 119:114 — Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
  • Ps 119:123 — Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
  • Ps 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
  • Ps 119:166 — LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
  • Ps 130:5 — I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
  • Rev 3:15 — I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
  • Rom 7:24 — O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
  • Rom 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
  • Song 5:8 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.