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Psalm 119:28

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119:28I collapse42 from grief.

Sustain me by your word!43

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  1. 42 Some translate “my soul weeps,” taking the verb דָלַף (dalaf) from a root meaning “to drip; to drop” ( 196 דֶּלַף). On the basis of cognate evidence from Arabic and Akkadian, II דלף proposes a homonymic root here, meaning “be sleepless.” Following L. C. Allen (Psalms 101–150 [], , ) the translation assumes that the verb is cognate with Ugaritic dlp, “to collapse; to crumple” in 2 iv. 17, 26. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 44, 144.
  2. 43 Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew read the plural “your words.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My soul melts away for sorrow;

strengthen me according to your word!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My soul is weary with sorrow;

strengthen me according to your word.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am weary from grief;

strengthen me through your word.

NLTNew Living Translation

I weep with sorrow;

encourage me by your word.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My soul weeps because of grief;

strengthen me according to your word.

KJV 1900King James Version

My soul melteth for heaviness:

Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.