Tree of Life Version
Psalms 119:154
154Defend my cause and redeem me. Restore my life through 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
152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You founded them firmly forever. 153See my affliction and rescue me, for I do not forget Your Torah. Defend my cause and redeem me. Restore my life through Your word. 155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek after Your decrees. 156Great are Your mercies, Adonai. Restore my life with Your judgments.
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 35:1A psalm of David. Adonai, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight me.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and champion my cause against an ungodly nation. From a deceitful and unjust man, deliver me!
- 1 Samuel 24:15May Adonai be judge and decide between me and you! And may He see and plead my cause and vindicate me against you.”
- Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek God; I would lay my cause before God.
- Proverbs 22:23for Adonai will plead their case, and rob life from those who plunder them.
- Jeremiah 11:20But Adonai-Tzva’ot, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them. For to You I have made my cause known.
- Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong —Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name— He will vigorously plead their case, so He may give rest to the earth, but trembling to the Babylonians.
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus says Adonai: “Yes, I will uphold your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
- Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of Adonai, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I will behold His righteousness.
- 1 John 2:1My children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Intercessor with the Father—the righteous Messiah Yeshua.
- Psalms 119:25My soul clings to the dust. Revive me according to 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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