God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:159
159See how I have loved your guiding principles! O Lord, in keeping with your mercy, give me a new life.
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 persecutors and opponents, ⌞yet⌟ I have not turned away from your written instructions. 158I have seen traitors, and I am filled with disgust. They have not accepted your promise. See how I have loved your guiding principles! O Lord, in keeping with your mercy, give me a new life. 160There is nothing but truth in your word, and all of your righteous regulations endure forever. 161Influential people have persecuted me for no reason, but it is only your words that fill my heart with terror.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:159 word by word
רְ֭אֵה כִּי־פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ אָהָ֑בְתִּי יְ֝הוָ֗ה כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:159
- Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love your teachings! They are in my thoughts all day long.
- 2 Kings 20:3“Please, Lord, remember how I’ve lived faithfully and sincerely in your presence. I’ve done what you consider right.” And he cried bitterly.
- Nehemiah 5:19Remember me, my God. Consider everything that I have done for these people.
- Nehemiah 13:22Then I told the Levites to cleanse themselves and guard the gates to keep the day of rest holy. ⌞Nehemiah prayed,⌟ “Remember me also for this, my God, and spare me, since you are very kind.”
- Psalms 119:88Give me a new life through your mercy so that I may obey the written instructions, ⌞which came⌟ from your mouth.
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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