Psalms 119 · Verse 154

Psalms 119:154

Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Psalms 119:154, King James Version

Psalms 119:154 in other translations

BSBDefend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
WEBPlead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
ASVPlead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.
YLTPlead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
DARBYPlead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.
BBEUndertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
WebsterPlead my cause, and deliver me: revive me according to thy word.

What does Psalms 119:154 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:153-155

153-155. 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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 154 Plead my cause - ריבה ריבי ribah ribi. "Be my Advocate in my suit." Contend for us against the Babylonians, and bring us out of our bondage. According to thy word - Spoken by thy prophets for our comfort and encouragement.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:153-160

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…

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Psalms 119:154 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רִיבָ֣הri.Vahconduct !H7378
רִ֭יבִיRi.vicase myH7379
וּגְאָלֵ֑נִיu.ge.'a.Le.niand redeem meH1350
לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥le.'im.ra.te.Khato word yourH565
חַיֵּֽנִי\׃chai.Ye.nipreserve alive meH2421

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:154

  • Psalms 35:1

    A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

  • Micah 7:9

    I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

  • 1 Samuel 24:15

    The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

  • Jeremiah 50:34

    Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Psalms 119:40

    Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

  • Psalms 119:25

    ד DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

  • Jeremiah 11:20

    But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

  • Job 5:8

    I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • Psalms 43:1

    Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • 1 John 2:1

    My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  • Proverbs 22:23

    For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

  • Jeremiah 51:36

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Plead.
35:1; 43:1; 1Sa 24:15; Job 5:8; Pr 22:23; Jer 11:20; 50:34; 51:36
Mic 7:9; 1Jo 2:1
quicken.
25,40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:153

    ר RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

  • Psalms 119:154

    Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

  • Psalms 119:155

    Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

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Psalms 119:154 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aboga mi causa, y redímeme: vivifícame con tu dicho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Prends en main ma cause, et rachète-moi! Fais-moi vivre selon ta parole.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Führe meinen Rechtsstreit und erlöse mich! belebe mich nach deiner Zusage!