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Psalms 119:81

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Kaph. My soul languishes for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— [KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— [Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Caph. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— [[CAPH.]] My soule fainteth for thy saluation: [but] I hope in thy word.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— CAPH. My soul hath longed for thy salvation, and I hope in thy word.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
CAPH. My soul 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
fainteth 3615
{3615} Prime
כָּלָה
kalah
{kaw-law'}
A primitive root; to end, whether intransitively (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitively (to complete, prepare, consume).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
for thy salvation: 8668
{8668} Prime
תְּשׁוּעָה
t@shuw`ah
{tesh-oo-aw'}
From H7768 in the sense of H3467; rescue (literally or figuratively, personal, national or spiritual).
[but] I hope 3176
{3176} Prime
יָחַל
yachal
{yaw-chal'}
A primitive root; to wait; by implication to be patient, hope.
z8765
<8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2121
in thy word. 1697
{1697} Prime
דָּבָר
dabar
{daw-baw'}
From H1696; a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially a cause.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 119:81-83

Caph. (Psalm 119:81-88).

_ _ In sorrow the pious heart yearns for the comforts of God’s promises (Psalms 73:26; Psalms 84:2).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Psalms 119:81-82

_ _ Here we have the psalmist,

_ _ I. Longing for help from heaven: My soul faints; my eyes fail. He longs for the salvation of the Lord and for his word, that is, salvation according to the word. He is not thus eager for the creatures of fancy, but for the objects of faith, salvation from the present calamities under which he was groaning and the doubts and fears which he was oppressed with. It may be understood of the coming of the Messiah, and so he speaks in the name of the Old Testament church; the souls of the faithful even fainted to see that salvation of which the prophets testified. (1 Peter 1:10); their eyes failed for it. Abraham saw it at a distance, and so did others, but at such a distance that it put their eyes to the stretch and they could not stedfastly see it. David was now under prevailing dejections, and, having been long so, his eyes cried our, “When wilt thou comfort me? Comfort me with thy salvation, comfort me with thy word.” Observe, 1. The salvation and consolation of God's people are secured to them by the word, which will certainly be fulfilled in its season. 2. The promised salvation and comfort may be, and often are, long deferred, so that they are ready to faint and fall in the expectation of them. 3. Though we think the time long ere the promised salvation and comfort come, yet we must still keep our eye upon that salvation, and resolve to take up with nothing short of it. “Thy salvation, thy word, thy comfort, are what my heart is still upon.”

_ _ II. Waiting for that help, assured that it will come, and tarrying till it come: But I hope in thy word; and but for hope the heart would break. When the eyes fail yet the faith must not; for the vision is for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak and shall not lie.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:81

Fainteth — With long desire and earnest expectation.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 119:81

CAPH. My soul (a) fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.

(a) Though my strength fails me, yet my soul groans and sighs, resting still in your word.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
fainteth:

Psalms 119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
Psalms 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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.
Song of Songs 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.

but I:

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 119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.
Psalms 119:114 Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
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Ps 42:1; 73:26; 84:2; 119:20, 40, 42, 74, 77, 114. So 5:8. Rv 3:15.

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