King James Version

Psalms 119:81

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

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כָּלְתָ֣הkaletahceaseכָּלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “cease”, a completed actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…לִתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣litshuatekhato deliveranceתְּשׁוּעָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to deliverance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8668rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory.נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…לִדְבָרְךָ֥lidvarekhato causeדָּבָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…יִחָֽלְתִּיyichaletihopeיָחַלverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hope”, a completed actionH3176to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

CAPH. My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.

Young’s Literal Translation

[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

World English Bible

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

Darby Translation

CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

CAPH. My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκλείπει εἰς τὸ σωτήριόν σου ἡ ψυχή μου, εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα.