Psalms 119 · Verse 159

Psalms 119:159

Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
Psalms 119:159, King James Version

Psalms 119:159 in other translations

BSBConsider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
WEBConsider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
ASVConsider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
YLTSee, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
DARBYSee how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
BBESee how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.
WebsterConsider how I love thy precepts: revive me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness.

What does Psalms 119:159 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
159. (Compare Psa 119:121-126, 153-155). quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness--(Psa 119:88). This prayer occurs here for the ninth time, showing a deep sense of frailty.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 119:159 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.

רְ֭אֵהRe.'ehseeH7200
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָfi.ku.Dei.chaprecepts yourH6490
אָהָ֑בְתִּי'a.Ha.ve.tiI loveH157
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ke.chas.de.Khaaccording to covenant loyalty yourH2617
חַיֵּֽנִי\׃chai.Ye.nipreserve alive meH2421

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:159

  • Psalms 119:97

    מ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

  • Psalms 119:153

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

  • Nehemiah 13:22

    And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

  • 2 Kings 20:3

    I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  • Nehemiah 5:19

    Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Consider.
97,153; 2Ki 20:3; Ne 5:19; 13:22
quicken.
88

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

Context

  • Psalms 119:158

    I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

  • Psalms 119:159

    Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

  • Psalms 119:160

    Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

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Psalms 119:159 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mira, oh Jehová, que amo tus mandamientos: vivifícame conforme á tu misericordia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Considère que j’ai aimé tes préceptes; Éternel! fais-moi vivre selon ta bonté.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sieh, daß ich deine Vorschriften lieb habe; nach deiner Güte, Jehova, belebe mich!