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Psalms 119:159
159See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
Psalms 119:159 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
- New International Version (NIV)See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.
Context of Psalms 119:159
157Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies. 158I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy *word. See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness. 160The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever. 161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:159 word by word
רְ֭אֵה כִּי־פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ אָהָ֑בְתִּי יְ֝הוָ֗ה כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:159
- Psalms 119:97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
- 2 Kings 20:3Ah! Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.
- Nehemiah 5:19Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
- Nehemiah 13:22And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!
- Psalms 119:88Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:159
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 159Consider how I love thy precepts - Search me. Behold the evidence of my attachment to thy law. This is the confident appeal of one who was conscious that he was truly attached to God; that he really loved his law. It is similar to the appeal of Peter to the Saviour John 21:17, “Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee.” A man who truly loves God may make this appeal without impropriety. He may be so confident - so certain - that he has…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. 159159. (Compare Psa 119:121-126, 153-155). quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness--(Psa 119:88). This prayer occurs here for the ninth time, showing a deep sense of frailty.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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