New English Translation
Psalms 119:154
154Fight for me and defend me! Revive me with your word!
Psalms 119:154 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:154
152I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last. ר (Resh) 153See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law. Fight for me and defend me! Revive me with your word! 155The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes. 156Your compassion is great, O Lord. Revive me, as you typically do!
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:154 word by word
רִיבָ֣ה רִ֭יבִי וּגְאָלֵ֑נִי לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:154
- Psalms 35:1O Lord, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!
- 1 Samuel 24:15May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”
- Job 5:8“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
- Proverbs 22:23for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.
- Jeremiah 11:20So I said to the Lord, “O Lord who rules over all, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
- Jeremiah 50:34But the one who will rescue them is strong. He is known as the Lord who rules over all. He will strongly champion their cause. As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth, but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia.
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore the Lord says, “I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.
- Micah 7:9I must endure the Lord’s anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.
- 1 John 2:1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
- Psalms 119:25I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!
Commentaries on Psalms 119:154
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 154Plead my cause - Undertake my cause, as an advocate does. See the notes at Psalm 35:1. Quicken me - Give me life. See the notes at Psalm 119:25.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. 153-155153-155. Though the remembering of God's law is not meritorious, yet it evinces a filial temper and provides the pious with promises to plead, while the wicked in neglecting His law, reject God and despise His promises (compare Psa 9:13; 43:1; 69:18).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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