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Psalms 119:159
159See how I love your teaching, Lord! Please keep my life safe, because of your faithful love for your people.
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
157I have many enemies who are ready to hurt me. But I do not turn away from your teaching. 158When I see people who have turned against you, they make me very upset. They do not obey your commands. See how I love your teaching, Lord! Please keep my life safe, because of your faithful love for your people. 160I can trust that your message is true. All your righteous rules will continue for ever. 161Rulers want to hurt me for no good reason. But it is your message that I respect with fear.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:159 word by word
רְ֭אֵה כִּי־פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ אָהָ֑בְתִּי יְ֝הוָ֗ה כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:159
- Psalms 119:97I love your Law very much. I think about it all the time.
- 2 Kings 20:3He said, ‘Lord, please remember that I have served you well. I have always obeyed you. You could trust me to do the things that you told me to do.’ Hezekiah wept very much.
- Nehemiah 5:19My God, please remember the many things that I have done to help my people. Please bless me.
- Nehemiah 13:22Then I told the Levites that they must make themselves ready to serve God. I told them to go and stand at the gates as guards. They must keep the Sabbath day as a special day for God. My God, please remember this good thing that I have done. Because of your faithful love, please be kind to me.
- Psalms 119:88Please use your faithful love to keep me alive. Then I can continue to obey the rules that you have taught me.
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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