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 ended, and we are not saved." Physicians let their patients' blood sometimes, etiam ad animae deliquium, till they swoon again. Howbeit, they have a care still to maintain nature; so doth God the fainting spirits of his people by cordials, Isaiah 57:16 .
But I hope in thy word] Vivere spe vidi qui moriturus erat.