Psalms

Psalm 119:81–83

⁸¹My soul faints for Your salvation;

I wait for Your word.

⁸²My eyes fail, looking for Your promise;

I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

⁸³Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke,

I do not forget Your statutes.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My soul	נַפְשִׁ֑י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
faints	כָּלְתָ֣ה	kā·lə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
for Your salvation	לִתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣	liṯ·šū·‘ā·ṯə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8668 deliverance, salvation
I wait	יִחָֽלְתִּי׃	yi·ḥā·lə·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H3176 wait
for Your word	לִדְבָרְךָ֥	liḏ·ḇā·rə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1697 speech, word

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My eyes	עֵ֭ינַי	‘ê·nay	Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye
fail	כָּל֣וּ	kā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
looking for Your promise	לְאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ	lə·’im·rā·ṯe·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H565 utterance, speech, word
I ask	לֵ֝אמֹ֗ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
When	מָתַ֥י	mā·ṯay	Interrogative	H4970 when?
will You comfort me	תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃	tə·na·ḥă·mê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H5162 be sorry, console

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Though	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I am	הָ֭יִיתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like a wineskin	כְּנֹ֣אד	kə·nōḏ	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H4997 skin-bottle, skin
dried up by smoke	בְּקִיט֑וֹר	bə·qî·ṭō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H7008 thick smoke
I do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
forget	שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃	šā·ḵā·ḥə·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7911 forget
Your statutes	חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ	ḥuq·qe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 119:81 Psalm 84:2 · Psalm 119:40 · Psalm 73:26 · Psalm 119:114 · Revelation 3:15–16 · Song of Solomon 5:8 · Psalm 119:77

Psalm 119:82 Psalm 69:3 · Psalm 119:123 · Proverbs 13:12 · Psalm 86:17 · Psalm 90:13–15 · Isaiah 38:11 · Deuteronomy 28:32 · Lamentations 2:11

Psalm 119:83 Job 30:30 · Psalm 119:176 · Psalm 119:16 · Psalm 119:61 · Psalm 102:3–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.