Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 119:154
154Champion my cause and redeem me; give me life as you promised.
Psalms 119:154 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:154
152Long ago I learned from your decrees that you have established them forever. 153Consider my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your instruction. Champion my cause and redeem me; give me life as you promised. 155Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not study your statutes. 156Your compassions are many, Lord; give me life according to your judgments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:154 word by word
רִיבָ֣ה רִ֭יבִי וּגְאָלֵ֑נִי לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:154
- Psalms 35:1Oppose my opponents, Lord; fight those who fight me.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause against an unfaithful nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.
- 1 Samuel 24:15May the Lord be judge and decide between you and me. May he take notice and plead my case and deliver me from you.”
- Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and would present my case to him.
- Proverbs 22:23for the Lord will champion their cause and will plunder those who plunder them.
- Jeremiah 11:20But, Lord of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.
- Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of Armies is his name. He will fervently champion their cause so that he might bring rest to the earth but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to champion your cause and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her fountain run dry.
- Micah 7:9Because I have sinned against him, I must endure the Lord’s fury until he champions my cause and establishes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see his salvation.
- 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father — Jesus Christ the righteous one.
- Psalms 119:25My life is down in the dust; give me life through your word.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:154
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 154Plead my cause - Undertake my cause, as an advocate does. See the notes at Psalm 35:1. Quicken me - Give me life. See the notes at Psalm 119:25.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 153-160Verses 153-160 The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even seek them. They flatter…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 153-160Resh (ר): This request for life appears throughout Psalm 119, but it is focused in this stanza.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 153-155153-155. Though the remembering of God's law is not meritorious, yet it evinces a filial temper and provides the pious with promises to plead, while the wicked in neglecting His law, reject God and despise His promises (compare Psa 9:13; 43:1; 69:18).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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