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Psalm 119:28
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
26I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
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Sorrow wears down the soul here, and the request for strength rests on what God has said while the weariness remains in view.
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1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,Both texts name sorrow within a life of faith; Peter speaks of grief in trials, and the psalm asks for strength.
Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.The psalm asks God for strength, while Philippians speaks of strength received through Christ.
Psalm 27:14Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.Both turn toward the Lord for strength, with Psalm 27 urging courage and waiting where Psalm 119 voices sorrow.
Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.Both describe inward distress: a soul worn down by sorrow and a heart melted like wax.
1 Peter 5:10But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and …Both prayers ask God to strengthen people who suffer, placing the need for strength before him.
Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.The psalm asks for strength in weariness, and Isaiah names God as the giver of strength to the weak.
Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD. They will walk up and down in his name,” says the LORD.Strength comes from God in both texts: the psalm asks for it, and Zechariah records his promise to give it.
Psalm 107:26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.Both describe trouble reaching the soul, through weariness with sorrow in Psalm 119 and melting under trouble in Psalm 107.
Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.The request for strength in Psalm 119 corresponds to Psalm 29’s declaration that the Lord will give his people strength.
Ephesians 3:16that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,Both prayers seek strength from God for the inward life, described as the soul and the inner person.
Isaiah 40:31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not …Both speak of weariness and strength, with the psalm asking God for help and Isaiah describing renewed strength for those waiting.
Joshua 2:24They said to Joshua, “Truly the LORD has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”The shared thread is distress: Joshua describes inhabitants melting before Israel, while the psalm describes sorrow and asks God for strength.
Where this verse fits
Grief. burnout. feeling distant from God.
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Sorrow does not have to be resolved before you speak to God. This prayer asks him for strength while naming the weariness that is still there.
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