Psalms 119:81

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul fainteth for thy salvation - The new division of the psalm, which begins here, is indicated by the Hebrew letter Kaph ( כ k ), equiva...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

81. My soul hath fainted for thy salvation. The Psalmist intimates that, although worn out with continual grief, and perceiving no issue to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 salva...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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:...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

CAPH. (81) Fainteth. — The same Hebrew word as fail in the next verse.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; bu...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

k, CAPH.--The Eleventh Part . Ver. 81. CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation , Either for temporal salvation and deliverance from enemies; whic...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, Je...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

CAPH. Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation With longing desire, earnest expectation, and hope deferred. Mine eyes fail With l...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

11. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fai...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

CAPH Fainteth, with longing desire, and earnest expectation, and hope deferred, and hitherto disappointed.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The psalmist was so full of longings, hungerings, thirstings, for God...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, b...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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 year...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fainteth — With long desire and earnest expectation.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:81

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:81