King James Version
Psalms 119:81 in the King James Version says “CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.”
Psalms 119:81 · KJV
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“fainteth”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“for thy salvation”
H8668rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
“CAPH My soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“in thy word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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