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81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 81-82)Here we have the psalmist, I. Longing for help from heaven: My soul faints; my eyes fail . He longs for the salvation of the Lord and for his word , that is, salvation according to the word. He is not thus eager for the creatures of fancy, but for the objects of faith, salvation from the present calamities under which he was groaning and the doubts and fears which he was oppressed with. It may be…
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