English Standard Version
Psalms 119:40
40Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!
Psalms 119:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
- New International Version (NIV)How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness.
Context of Psalms 119:40
38Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared. 39Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good. Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life! 41Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise; 42then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:40 word by word
הִ֭נֵּה תָּאַ֣בְתִּי לְפִקֻּדֶ֑יךָ בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:40
- Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
- Matthew 26:41Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
- Romans 7:24Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
- 2 Corinthians 7:1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
- Galatians 5:17For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
- Philippians 3:13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
- Psalms 119:25My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
- Mark 9:24Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"
- John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
- John 10:10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
- Ephesians 2:5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
- 3 John 1:2Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Behold, I have longed - Thou searchest the heart; thou knowest that I have long desired thy salvation; thou seest that this desire still remains. Behold it! it is thy work; and through thy mercy I breathe after thy mercy. Quicken me - I am dying; O give me the spirit of life in Christ Jesus!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts - I have earnestly desired them. See the notes at Psalm 119:20. Quicken me in thy righteousness - Make me to live; to live in obedience to thy righteous laws. See Psalm 119:25, note; Psalm 119:37, note.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. 39-4039-40. Our hope of freedom from the reproach of inconsistency is in God's power, quickening us to live according to His Word, which He leads us to love. for thy judgments are good--The time must therefore be at hand when Thy justice will turn the "reproach" from Thy Church upon the world (Is 25:8; 66:5; Zep 2:8-10). VAU. (Psa 119:41-48).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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