English Standard Version
Psalms 119:154
154Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Argue my case; take my side! Protect my life as you promised.
Context of Psalms 119:154
152Long have I known from your testimonies that you have founded them forever. 153Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise! 155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes. 156Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:154 word by word
רִיבָ֣ה רִ֭יבִי וּגְאָלֵ֑נִי לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:154
- Psalms 35:1Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!
- 1 Samuel 24:15May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand."
- Job 5:8"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
- Proverbs 22:23for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
- Jeremiah 11:20But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
- Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry,
- Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
- 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
- Psalms 119:25My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to 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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