Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 119:38
38Confirm what you said to your servant, for it produces reverence for you.
Psalms 119:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
- New International Version (NIV)Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.
Context of Psalms 119:38
36Turn my heart to your decrees and not to dishonest profit. 37Turn my eyes from looking at what is worthless; give me life in your ways. Confirm what you said to your servant, for it produces reverence for you. 39Turn away the disgrace I dread; indeed, your judgments are good. 40How I long for your precepts! Give me life through your righteousness.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:38 word by word
הָקֵ֣ם לְ֭עַבְדְּךָ אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לְיִרְאָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:38
- Psalms 119:49Remember your word to your servant; you have given me hope through it.
- 2 Samuel 7:25Now, Lord God, fulfill the promise forever that you have made to your servant and his house. Do as you have promised,
- 2 Corinthians 1:20For every one of God’s promises is “Yes” in him. Therefore, through him we also say “Amen” to the glory of God.
- Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his faithful love toward those who fear him.
- Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry for help and saves them.
- Psalms 147:11The Lord values those who fear him, those who put their hope in his faithful love.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them integrity of heart and action so that they will fear me always, for their good and for the good of their descendants after them.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38Stablish thy word - Fulfil the promises thou hast made to me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Stablish thy word unto thy servant - Confirm it; make it seem firm and true; let not my mind be vacillating or skeptical in regard to thy truth. This seems to be a prayer against the influence of doubt and scepticism; a prayer that doubts might not be suffered to spring up in his mind, and that the objections and difficulties of scepticism might have no place there. There is a class of people whose minds are naturally skeptical and unbelieving, and for…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the love of the world rooted…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-40He (ה) is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. As a student, the poet asks his teacher, God, to renew life and to transform disgrace into righteousness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3833-38. To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.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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