God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:175
175Let my soul have new life so that it can praise you. Let your regulations help me.
Psalms 119:175 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
- New International Version (NIV)Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; And let Your judgments help me.
Context of Psalms 119:175
173Let your hand help me because I have chosen ⌞to follow⌟ your guiding principles. 174I have longed for you to save me, O Lord, and your teachings make me happy. Let my soul have new life so that it can praise you. Let your regulations help me. 176I have wandered away like a lost lamb. Search for me, because I have never forgotten your commandments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:175 word by word
תְּֽחִי־נַ֭פְשִׁי וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּ וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥ךָ יַעֲזְרֻֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:175
- Psalms 9:13Have pity on me, O Lord. Look at what I suffer because of those who hate me. You take me away from the gates of death
- Psalms 30:9“How will you profit if my blood is shed, if I go into the pit? Will the dust ⌞of my body⌟ give thanks to you? Will it tell about your truth?”
- Psalms 51:14Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, my savior. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness!
- Psalms 118:18The Lord disciplined me severely, but he did not allow me to be killed.
- Isaiah 38:19Those who are living praise you as I do today. Fathers make your faithfulness known to their children.
- Psalms 119:75I know that your regulations are fair, O Lord, and that you were right to make me suffer.
- Isaiah 26:8Certainly, we wait with hope for you, O Lord, ⌞as we follow⌟ the path of your guiding principles. We want to remember you and your name.
- Romans 8:28We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God—those whom he has called according to his plan.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31If we were judging ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eternal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:175
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee - I desire life that I may praise thee; if I do live, I will praise thee. My life is consecrated to thy service; if lengthened out, and as far as it shall be lengthened out, it shall be devoted to thee. And let thy judgments help me - The dealings of thy hand; the interpositions of thy providence. Let them all be such as will be favorable to the great purpose of my soul - the service of my God.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 169-176Verses 169-176 The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in Christ; to know more of the doctrines of the word, and the duties of religion. He had a deep sense of unworthiness, and holy fear that his prayer should not come before God; Lord, what I pray for is, what thou hast promised. We have learned nothing to purpose, if we have not learned to praise…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 169-176Taw (ת) is the twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. God's servant asks the Lord for help one last time. He still feels like a lost sheep.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 175175. Save me that I may praise Thee. thy judgments--as in Psa 119:149, 156.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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