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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

My soul faints for your salvation - The new division of the psalm, which begins here, is indicated by the Hebrew letter Kaph

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

CAPH.

Fainteth. —The same Hebrew word as fail in the next verse.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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

The psalmist was so full of longings, hungerings, thirstings, for God's…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

My soul hath fainted for thy salvation. The Psalmist suggests that, although worn out with continual grief and perceiving no end to his ca…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(k) , CAPH.--The Eleventh Part .

Psalms 119:81

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his enemies, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed from looking out for this …

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