Primal Cry

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to Your word.  Psalm 119:28  NASB Weeps – The psalmist likes unusual words.  That’s stock and trade for poetry.  It makes the reader pay attention.  So, here he uses dālap, found in only two other places (Job 16:20 and Ecclesiastes 10:18).  The context tells us that once it…