New English Translation
Psalms 119:134
134Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts.
Psalms 119:134 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Redeem me from man's oppression, that I may keep your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts.
Context of Psalms 119:134
132Turn toward me and extend mercy to me, as you typically do to your loyal followers. 133Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me! Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts. 135Smile on your servant! Teach me your statutes! 136Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law. צ (Tsade)
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:134 word by word
פְּ֭דֵנִי מֵעֹ֣שֶׁק אָדָ֑ם וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:134
- Psalms 119:122Guarantee the welfare of your servant! Do not let the arrogant oppress me!
- Psalms 56:1Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
- Psalms 105:43When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.
- Ezekiel 11:17“Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.’
- Ezekiel 36:24“‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.
- Luke 1:74that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,
- Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:134
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 134Deliver me from the oppression of man - From constraint on the part of man, so that I may be free to act as I please. Give me true religious liberty, and let me not be under any compulsion or constraint. The word rendered “deliver” is that which is usually rendered “redeem.” It is used here in the large sense of deliverance; and the prayer is an expression of what the true friends of religion have always sought, desired, and demanded - “freedom” of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 131-135131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed I opened my mouth, and panted--as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).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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