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Psalms 119:28

119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. melteth: Heb. droppeth

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

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

My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according to your word.

119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

What does Psalms 119:28 mean?

Psalms 119:28 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), דָּלַף (dâlaph), תּוּגָה (tûwgâh).

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My
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
meltethדָּלַףdâlaph/daw-laf'/H1811to drip; by implication, to weep
for
heaviness:תּוּגָהtûwgâh/too-gaw'/H8424depression (of spirits); concretely a grief
strengthenקוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
thou
me
according
unto
thy
word.דָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
melteth:
Heb.
droppeth

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:28.

Genesis 27:19

And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

Genesis 27:31

And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

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What does Psalms 119:28 say?

Psalms 119:28 (King James Version) reads: "My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. melteth: Heb. droppeth"

Is Psalms 119:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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