Psalm 119:81 “My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.”

Psalm 119:81

My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

American Standard Version

My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.

Geneva Bible 1599

CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.

Darby Translation

CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

Young's Literal Translation

[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

Bible in Basic English

My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

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Cross references

“fainteth”

Psalm 84:2 Psalm 119:40 Psalm 73:26 Song of Solomon 5:8 Psalm 119:20 Psalm 42:1

Psalm 84:2 · BSB

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 119:40 · BSB

How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

Psalm 73:26 · BSB

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Song of Solomon 5:8 · BSB

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

Psalm 119:20 · BSB

My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

Psalm 42:1 · BSB

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

“but I”

Psalm 119:114 Psalm 119:77 Psalm 119:42 Psalm 119:74

Psalm 119:114 · BSB

You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

Psalm 119:77 · BSB

May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

Psalm 119:42 · BSB

Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

Psalm 119:74 · BSB

May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

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