New Living Translation
Psalms 119:40
40I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness.
Psalms 119:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
- New International Version (NIV)How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.
Context of Psalms 119:40
38Reassure me of your promise, made to those who fear you. 39Help me abandon my shameful ways; for your regulations are good. I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness. 41Lord, give me your unfailing love, the salvation that you promised me. 42Then I can answer those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:40 word by word
הִ֭נֵּה תָּאַ֣בְתִּי לְפִקֻּדֶ֑יךָ בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:40
- Psalms 119:5Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees!
- Matthew 26:41Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”
- Romans 7:24Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?
- 2 Corinthians 7:1Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.
- Galatians 5:17The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.
- Philippians 3:13No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
- Psalms 119:25I lie in the dust; revive me by your word.
- Mark 9:24The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
- John 5:21For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.
- John 10:10The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.
- Ephesians 2:5that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
- 3 John 1:2Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Behold, I have longed - Thou searchest the heart; thou knowest that I have long desired thy salvation; thou seest that this desire still remains. Behold it! it is thy work; and through thy mercy I breathe after thy mercy. Quicken me - I am dying; O give me the spirit of life in Christ Jesus!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts - I have earnestly desired them. See the notes at Psalm 119:20. Quicken me in thy righteousness - Make me to live; to live in obedience to thy righteous laws. See Psalm 119:25, note; Psalm 119:37, note.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. 39-4039-40. Our hope of freedom from the reproach of inconsistency is in God's power, quickening us to live according to His Word, which He leads us to love. for thy judgments are good--The time must therefore be at hand when Thy justice will turn the "reproach" from Thy Church upon the world (Is 25:8; 66:5; Zep 2:8-10). VAU. (Psa 119:41-48).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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