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Psalms 119:38
38Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
Psalms 119:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Reassure me of your promise, made to those who fear you.
Context of Psalms 119:38
36Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. 37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared. 39Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good. 40How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:38 word by word
הָקֵ֣ם לְ֭עַבְדְּךָ אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לְיִרְאָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:38
- Psalms 119:49Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
- 2 Samuel 7:25“And now, Lord God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised,
- 2 Corinthians 1:20For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
- Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
- Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
- Psalms 147:11the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.
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
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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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