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Psalms 119:88
88Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
Psalms 119:88 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
Context of Psalms 119:88
86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! 87They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts. Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth. 89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. 90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:88 word by word
כְּחַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּ֑נִי וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה עֵד֥וּת פִּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:88
- Psalms 119:25My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
- Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
- Psalms 25:10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
- Psalms 78:5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
- Psalms 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
Commentaries on Psalms 119:88
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 88Quicken me - Make and keep me alive. So shall I keep - Without the spiritual life there is no obedience; we must therefore rise from the dead, and be quickened by the Spirit of Christ.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 88Quicken me - Cause me to live; revive me. See Psalm 71:20, note; Ephesians 2:1, note. Compare Psalm 80:18; Romans 8:11; 1 Peter 3:18; John 6:63. After thy loving-kindness - Thy mercy; thy grace; thy compassion. That is, Let the measure of the grace given to me be thine own benevolent nature, and not my deserts. That is all I ask; that is all I could desire. So shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth - Which proceeds out of thy mouth. His hope of being…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 81-88Verses 81-88 The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 85-88God's word is trustworthy. This contrasts with the lies of the enemies who hunt the psalmist without reason (see Psalm 119:78).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-176ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). 1. undefiled--literally, "complete," perfect, or sincere (compare Psa 37:37). in--or, "of" the way--course of life. walk--act in the law--according to it (compare Lu 1:6). law--from a word meaning "to teach," is a term of rather general purport, denoting the instruction of God's Word.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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