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Psalms 119:38
38I am your servant. Please do what you have promised to do. You have promised to bless anyone who respects 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
36Help me to love your rules. That is better for me than riches. 37Turn my eyes away from useless things. Use your word to help me to live. I am your servant. Please do what you have promised to do. You have promised to bless anyone who respects you. 39I am afraid when people insult me. Your rules are good, so do not let me be ashamed. 40I really want to obey your rules. Because you are righteous, please let me continue to live.
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 the word that you have spoken to me, your servant. You have made me put my hope in it.
- 2 Samuel 7:25Lord God, please do the things that you have promised to do for me, your servant, and for my family. Continue to do for ever what you have promised to do.
- 2 Corinthians 1:20Christ says ‘Yes’ to all of God's promises, so that they become true. So when we pray, we say ‘Yes, amen!,’ because we know that Christ has done it. And when we do that, we are saying that God is great.
- Psalms 103:11For people who worship him, his faithful love is very great. How far is the sky above the earth? His love is greater than that!
- Psalms 145:19Very kindly he gives his own people the things that they need. He saves them when they call to him for help.
- Psalms 147:11Who does make the Lord happy? People who respect him and serve him well. People who trust him because they know he loves them.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will make them all want to do one thing. They will want to live in a way that always pleases me. They will do that so that they enjoy good lives and their children also enjoy good lives 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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