Psalms 119:28

What does Psalms 119:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 119:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.

Context

v.27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

v.28This passage

v.29Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 2:11

    And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

  • Joshua 2:24

    And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.

  • 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 within me.

  • Zechariah 10:12

    And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 40:29

    He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

  • Deuteronomy 33:25

    Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

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