Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. New Living Translation I weep with sorrow; encourage me by your word. English Standard Version My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word! Berean Standard Bible My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. King James Bible My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. New King James Version My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word. New American Standard Bible My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Your word. NASB 1995 My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Your word. NASB 1977 My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Thy word. Legacy Standard Bible My soul weeps because of grief; Raise me up according to Your word. Amplified Bible My soul dissolves because of grief; Renew and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word. Christian Standard Bible I am weary from grief; strengthen me through your word. Holman Christian Standard Bible I am weary from grief; strengthen me through Your word. American Standard Version My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word. Contemporary English Version I am overcome with sorrow. Encourage me, as you have promised to do. English Revised Version My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. GOD'S WORD® Translation I am drowning in tears. Strengthen me as you promised. Good News Translation I am overcome by sorrow; strengthen me, as you have promised. International Standard Version I weep because of sorrow; fortify me according to your word. Majority Standard Bible My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. NET Bible I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word! New Heart English Bible My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word. Webster's Bible Translation My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according to thy word. World English Bible My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMy soul has dropped from affliction, "" Establish me according to Your word. Young's Literal Translation My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word. Smith's Literal Translation My soul dropped in grief: confirm me according to thy word. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible My soul is depressed; lift me up according to your word. New Revised Standard Version My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy soul is vexed from meditation; quicken me according to thy word. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated My soul is troubled in thought; give me life according to your word. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My soul melteth away for heaviness; Sustain me according unto Thy word. Brenton Septuagint Translation My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…27Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders. 28My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. 29Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.… Cross References Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Isaiah 40:29-31 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. / Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. / But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Psalm 42:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Psalm 61:2 From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, / encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed. Psalm 34:17-18 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. / The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. / Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Psalm 31:9-10 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away. Treasury of Scripture My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according to your word. soul Psalm 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. Psalm 107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. Joshua 2:11,24 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 beneath… melteth. Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. Deuteronomy 33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. Jump to Previous Affliction Dropped Establish Grief Heaviness Keeping Melteth Melts Sadness Sorrow Soul Strength Strengthen Sustain Wasted Weary Weeps WordJump to Next Affliction Dropped Establish Grief Heaviness Keeping Melteth Melts Sadness Sorrow Soul Strength Strengthen Sustain Wasted Weary Weeps WordPsalm 119 1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.2. Aleph. 9. Beth 17. Gimel 25. Daleth 33. He 41. Waw 49. Zayin 57. Heth 65. Teth 73. Yodh 81. Kaph 89. Lamedh 97. Mem 105. Nun 113. Samekh 121. Ayin 129. Pe 137. Tsadhe 145. Qoph 153. Resh 161. Sin and Shin 169. Taw My soul melts with sorrow The phrase "My soul melts with sorrow" captures a profound emotional state. The Hebrew word for "melts" is "דָּלַף" (dalaph), which conveys the idea of dripping or dissolving, suggesting an overwhelming sense of grief or despair. This imagery reflects a heart that is deeply troubled, akin to water that loses its form and strength. Historically, the psalmist's expression of sorrow resonates with the trials faced by the Israelites, who often found themselves in distress due to external oppression or internal sin. This phrase invites believers to acknowledge their own moments of deep sorrow and to bring them before God, trusting in His compassion and understanding. strengthen me according to Your word Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My soulנַ֭פְשִׁי (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion melts דָּלְפָ֣ה (dā·lə·p̄āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1811: To drip, to weep with sorrow; מִתּוּגָ֑ה (mit·tū·ḡāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8424: Depression, a grief strengthen me קַ֝יְּמֵ֗נִי (qay·yə·mê·nî) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand according to Your word. כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃ (kiḏ·ḇā·re·ḵā) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Links Psalm 119:28 NIVPsalm 119:28 NLT Psalm 119:28 ESV Psalm 119:28 NASB Psalm 119:28 KJV Psalm 119:28 BibleApps.com Psalm 119:28 Biblia Paralela Psalm 119:28 Chinese Bible Psalm 119:28 French Bible Psalm 119:28 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 119:28 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen (Psalm Ps Psa.) |