“ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. ”
My soul fainteth for thy salvation - The new division of the psalm, which begins here, is indicated by the Hebrew letter Kaph ( כ k ), equivalent to “k” or “c” (hard). The word here rendered...
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.
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
81. My soul hath fainted for thy salvation. The Psalmist intimates that, although worn out with continual grief, and perceiving no issue to his calamities, yet trouble and weariness had not...
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. My soul fainteth for thy salvation - I have longed so incessantly after thy salvation - the complete purification and restoration o...
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. My soul fainteth for thy salvation - pineth for it ( Psalms 119:123 ; Psalms 84:2 ). (But) I hope in thy word. Though sorely t...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
CAPH. (81) Fainteth. — The same Hebrew word as fail in the next verse.
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his being manifested unto Israel. Hence we find him, in...
k, CAPH.--The Eleventh Part . Ver. 81. CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation , Either for temporal salvation and deliverance from enemies; which, being promised, was expected by him from the Lo...
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word. Ver. 81. My soul fainteth for thy salvation ] Saying, as those good souls, Jeremiah 8:20 , "The harvest is past, the summer is...
CAPH. Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation With longing desire, earnest expectation, and hope deferred. Mine eyes fail With looking hither and thither, and to thee for help....
11. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?...
CAPH Fainteth, with longing desire, and earnest expectation, and hope deferred, and hitherto disappointed.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73 . Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. This is a ve...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word. Painful soul moods and their antidotes I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful yearning ( Psalms 119:81-83 ). (1) The general obje...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
My soul fainteth for Thy salvation, in the extreme longing brought about by a further attack of sorrow; but I hope in Thy Word, he refuses to let go this trust.
Psalms 119:20 ; Psalms 119:40 ; Psalms 42:1 ; Psalms 42:2 ; Psalms 73:26 ; Psalms 84:2 ; Revelation 3:15 ; Revelation 3:16 ; Song of Solomon 5:8
Fainteth — With long desire and earnest expectation.