New English Translation
Psalms 119:17
17Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.
Psalms 119:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:17
15I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior. 16I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. ג (Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions. 18Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law! 19I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:17 word by word
גְּמֹ֖ל עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֥ אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה דְבָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:17
- Psalms 119:65You are good to your servant, O Lord, just as you promised.
- Psalms 116:7Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you.
- John 11:6So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.
- Philippians 4:19And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:2For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
- 1 John 2:29If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.
- 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,
Commentaries on Psalms 119:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Deal bountifully - גמל gemol, reward thy servant. Let him have the return of his faith and prayers, that the Divine life may be preserved in his soul! Then he will keep thy word. From גמל gamal, to reward, etc., comes the name of ג gimel, the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet, which is prefixed to every verse in this part, and commences it with its own name. This is a stroke of the psalmist's art and ingenuity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Deal bountifully - This commences the next portion of the psalm, indicated by the letter Gimel (ג g ), the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet, answering to our letter “g.” Each verse of this portion Psalm 119:17-24 begins with this letter. There is a resemblance between the first word of this verse - גמל gemol - and the letter - “Gimel” - which commences the eight verses of this portion of the psalm. The noun (derived from the verb) - גמל gâmâl…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18The psalmist wants to live a life full of praise and obedience to please the Lord (Psalms 118:17; 119:25, 77, 116, 144, 175). Only the Lord can remove his enemies and help him understand the wonderful truths in God's teachings.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2017-20. Life is desirable in order to serve God; that we may do so aright, we should seek to have our eyes opened to behold His truth, and earnestly desire fully to understand it.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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