Psalms 119:38

Psalms 119:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
• New International Version (NIV)Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.

Context of Psalms 119:38

36Direct my heart toward your written instructions rather than getting rich in underhanded ways. 37Turn my eyes away from worthless things. Give me a new life in your ways. Keep your promise to me so that I can fear you. 39Take away insults, which I dread, because your regulations are good. 40I long for your guiding principles. Give me a new life in your righteousness.

Psalms 119:38 word by word

הָקֵ֣ם לְ֭עַבְדְּךָ אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לְיִרְאָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Stablishקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• thy wordאִמְרָה'imrâh 'emrâh · wordH565
• unto thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• to thy fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374

Cross-references for Psalms 119:38

• Psalms 119:49Remember the word ⌞you gave⌟ me. Through it you gave me hope.
• 2 Samuel 7:25“Now, Lord God, keep the promise you made to me and my house forever. Do as you promised.
• 2 Corinthians 1:20Certainly, Christ made God’s many promises come true. For that reason, because of our message, people also honor God by saying, “Amen!”
• Psalms 103:11As high as the heavens are above the earth— that is how vast his mercy is toward those who fear him.
• Psalms 145:19He fills the needs of those who fear him. He hears their cries for help and saves them.
• Psalms 147:11The Lord is pleased with those who fear him, with those who wait with hope for his mercy.
• Jeremiah 32:39I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will fear me as long as they live. This will be for their own good and for the good of their children.

Commentaries on Psalms 119:38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38Stablish thy word - Fulfil the promises thou hast made to me.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Stablish thy word unto thy servant - Confirm it; make it seem firm and true; let not my mind be vacillating or skeptical in regard to thy truth. This seems to be a prayer against the influence of doubt and scepticism; a prayer that doubts might not be suffered to spring up in his mind, and that the objections and difficulties of scepticism might have no place there. There is a class of people whose minds are naturally skeptical and unbelieving, and for…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. 33-3833-38. To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 119:38

• Decision
• Fear of God
• Instruction
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

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