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Psalms 119:28

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Psalms 119:28 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 119:28

Theological / Devotional

Melteth. Heb. dalaph, a word occurring only three times. In Eccl. 10:18 it is used of a roof dripping water, and in Job 16:20 presumably of weeping, as possibly here also. The LXX and the Vulgate read “sleepeth.”

It is better to be melted with sorrow than to be hardened by stubbornness. The Lord delights to bind up the wounds of the soul that is torn. Prayer is a wonderful blessing in such times of sorrow.

By SdaBc