Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

My soul melts for heaviness. Strengthen thou me according to thy word.

New American Standard Bible

My soul weeps because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I am weary from grief;
strengthen me through Your word.

International Standard Version

I weep because of sorrow; fortify me according to your word.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


My soul dissolves because of grief;
Renew and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.

Bible in Basic English

My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word

Darby Translation

My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.

Julia Smith Translation

My soul dropped in grief: confirm me according to thy word.

King James 2000

My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen me according unto your word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to your word.

Modern King James verseion

My soul weeps for grief; strengthen me according to Your Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort thou me according unto thy word.

NET Bible

I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!

New Heart English Bible

My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

The Emphasized Bible

My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.

Webster

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

World English Bible

My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

Youngs Literal Translation

My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Daleth

27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, so I shall meditate on thy wondrous works. 28 My soul melts for heaviness. Strengthen thou me according to thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of falsehood, and grant me thy law graciously.

Cross References

Psalm 107:26

They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

Deuteronomy 33:25

Thy bars shall be iron and brass, and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

Joshua 2:11

And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you, for LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

Joshua 2:24

And they said to Joshua, Truly LORD has delivered into our hands all the land, and moreover all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.

Psalm 20:2

send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion,

Psalm 27:14

Wait for LORD. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for LORD.

Psalm 29:11

LORD will give strength to his people. LORD will bless his people with peace.

Isaiah 40:29

He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.

Zechariah 10:12

And I will strengthen them in LORD, and they shall walk up and down in his name, says LORD.

Ephesians 3:16

So that he would grant you, according to the wealth of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit for the inner man.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.

1 Peter 5:10

And may the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus (after suffering a little while) himself thoroughly prepare you. He will establish, strengthen, and provide a foundation.

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