Psalms 119:81

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My soul fainteth for thy salvation; ButI hope in thy word.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“<FI> Kaph.<Fi> Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:81 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 19:27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
  2. Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  3. Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  4. Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  5. Psalms 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
  6. Psalms 119:40How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
  7. Psalms 119:41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
  8. Psalms 119:42Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
  9. Psalms 119:43Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
  10. Psalms 119:74May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
  11. Psalms 119:77May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
  12. Psalms 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
  13. Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
  14. Song of Solomon 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
  15. Revelation 3:15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

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