Psalms 119:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דָּלְפָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִתּוּגָ֑ה קַ֝יְּמֵ֗נִי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

dāləp̄â nap̄šî from-tûgâ qayyəmēnî according-to-diḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

*dāləp̄â*: Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - it drops/drips
*nap̄šî*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
from-*tûgâ*: preposition *min* + feminine singular noun - from sorrow
*qayyəmēnî*: Piel imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - strengthen me
according-to-*diḇāreḵā*: preposition *kə* + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - according to your word

Word Meanings

*dāləp̄â*: drops/drips/melts/weeps
*nap̄šî*: my soul/self/life/being/desire
*tûgâ*: sorrow/grief/heaviness
*qayyəmēnî*: strengthen me/establish me/confirm me
*diḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 107:26 : 26 They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
Ps 29:11 : 11 Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, {G2424} after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself {G5209} perfect, establish, strengthen you.
Isa 40:29 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
Deut 33:25 : 25 Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Josh 2:11 : 11 And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
Josh 2:24 : 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
Ps 20:2 : 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;
Eph 3:16 : 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

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