Psalm 119:81

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

Cross-reference

In Psalm 119:20, the psalmist's soul is consumed with longing for God's rules, directly mirroring the intense longing for salvation here.

In Psalm 119:40, the psalmist longs for precepts and asks for life, echoing the desire for salvation and hope in God's word.

Psalm 119:74 shows that hoping in God's word leads to rejoicing among those who fear Him, echoing the same hope in verse 81.

Psalm 119:77 connects mercy and delight in God's law, matching the longing for salvation and hope in His word in verse 81.

Psalm 119:114 repeats the exact phrase 'I hope in your word', adding that God is a hiding place and shield.

Psalm 119:174 says 'I long for your salvation, O Lord' — a near-identical expression of the soul's yearning found here.

Psalm 119:166 explicitly hopes for salvation — 'I hope for your salvation, O Lord' — directly echoing the longing of this verse.

Psalm 119:147 rises before dawn to cry for help and hopes in God's words — a concrete action mirroring the soul's languishing here.

Psalm 119:123 uses nearly identical language — 'my eyes fail with longing for your salvation' — intensifying the same desperate hope.

Psalm 119:49 directly links hope to God's word — 'in which you have made me hope' — reinforcing the same trust expressed here.

Psalm 42:1 Parallel

In Psalm 42:1, the deer panting for streams illustrates the soul's deep yearning for God, parallel to longing for salvation here.

Psalm 42:2 Parallel

In Psalm 42:2, the soul thirsts for the living God, a parallel yearning for the salvation and presence sought here.

Psalm 84:2 Parallel

In Psalm 84:2, the soul longs and faints for the Lord's courts, directly paralleling the intense longing for salvation here.

Psalm 39:7 Parallel

In Psalm 39:7, the same waiting hope is directed toward God himself — 'my hope is in you' — echoing the longing for salvation here.

Psalm 130:5 Parallel

Psalm 130:5 echoes the same longing and hope in God's word — the soul waiting for the Lord's salvation.

Psalm 71:5 Related theme

Psalm 71:5 declares God as 'my hope' from youth — a personal trust that parallels the hope in God's word expressed here.

Psalm 63:1 Parallel

Psalm 63:1 uses the same image of a soul thirsting and fainting for God — mirroring the languishing and hoping for salvation here.

Psalm 13:5 Related theme

Psalm 13:5 expresses trust in God's steadfast love and rejoicing in salvation, complementing the longing for salvation and hope in His word.

Psalm 73:26 Parallel

In Psalm 73:26, though flesh fails, God is one's strength and portion — a similar reliance on God amid longing.

Psalm 40:16 Contrast

Psalm 40:16 celebrates those who love God's salvation — a joyful counterpart to the languishing longing for salvation expressed here.

Romans 15:4 Related theme

Romans 15:4 teaches that Scripture gives hope — exactly what the psalmist demonstrates by hoping in God's word in verse 81.

Jonah 2:7 Parallel

Jonah 2:7 depicts crying out to God when life ebbs away — similar to the psalmist's languishing soul hoping for salvation.

Proverbs 13:12 Related theme

Proverbs 13:12 explains that deferred hope makes the heart sick, directly relating to the psalmist's languishing soul.

Lamentations 3:21 shows turning to hope amid suffering — parallel to the psalmist's hope in God's word while longing.