English Standard Version
Psalms 119:49
49Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.
Psalms 119:49 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
- New International Version (NIV)Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope.
Context of Psalms 119:49
47for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love. 48I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. 50This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. 51The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:49 word by word
זְכֹר־דָּבָ֥ר לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ עַ֝֗ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽחַלְתָּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:49
- Psalms 105:2Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
- Genesis 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
- Genesis 32:9And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'
- Job 7:7"Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.
- Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the Lord in remembrance, take no rest,
- Psalms 119:43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your rules.
- Psalms 71:14But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.
- 2 Samuel 5:2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"
- 2 Samuel 7:25And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
- Romans 15:13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
- 1 Peter 1:13Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49Remember the word - Thou hast promised to redeem us from our captivity; on that word we have built our hope. Remember that thou hast thus promised, and see that we thus hope.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 49Remember the word unto thy servant - This commences a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the Hebrew letter Zayin (ז z ) - answering to our “z.” There is nothing special in this portion of the psalm as indicated by the letter. The language here is a prayer that God would not forget what he had promised; that all that he had said might be fulfilled; that the expectations and hopes which he had raised in the mind might be realised. It…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 49-56Verses 49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in affliction. If, through grace, it makes us holy, there is enough in it to make us easy, in all conditions. Let us be certain we have the Divine law for what we believe, and then let not scoffers prevail upon us to decline from it. God's judgments of old…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-56Zayin (ז) is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist asks God to remember his word as the psalmist also remembers God’s word and his name. Remembrance expresses devotion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 49-5149-51. Resting on the promises consoles under affliction and the tauntings of the insolent. upon which--rather, "Remember Thy word unto Thy servant, because," &c. So the Hebrew requires [Hengstenberg].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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