Psalms 119:28

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 107:26 : 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted 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 in the midst of my bowels.
Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Ps 29:11 : 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while , make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Isa 40:29 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Isa 40:31 : 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
Deut 33:25 : 25 Thy shoes 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 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.
Josh 2:24 : 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of 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, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

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