Psalms 119 · Verse 40

Psalms 119:40

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:40, King James Version

Psalms 119:40 in other translations

BSBHow I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
WEBBehold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV
ASVBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness. ו VAV.
YLTLo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
DARBYBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
BBESee how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
WebsterBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: revive me in thy righteousness.

What does Psalms 119:40 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:39-40

39-40. 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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 40 Behold, 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!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:33-40

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…

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Psalms 119:40 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.

הִ֭נֵּהHi.nehhere!H2009
תָּאַ֣בְתִּיta.'Av.tiI longH8373
לְפִקֻּדֶ֑יךָle.fi.ku.Dei.chafor precepts yourH6490
בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥be.tzid.ka.te.Chain righteousness yourH6666
חַיֵּֽנִי\׃chai.Ye.nipreserve alive meH2421

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:40

  • John 10:10

    The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

  • Psalms 119:20

    My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

  • Psalms 119:159

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

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1

    Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • Philippians 3:13-14

    Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

  • Psalms 119:25

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

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

  • Psalms 119:107

    I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:45

    And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

  • Galatians 5:17

    For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

  • Matthew 26:41

    Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

  • Psalms 119:149

    Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have.
5,20; Mt 26:41; Ro 7:24; 2Co 7:1; Ga 5:17; Php 3:13,14
quicken.
25,37,88,107,149,156,159; Mr 9:24; Joh 5:21; 10:10; 1Co 15:45
Eph 2:5; 3Jo 1:2

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Context

  • Psalms 119:39

    Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

  • Psalms 119:40

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

  • Psalms 119:41

    ו VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

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Psalms 119:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí yo he codiciado tus mandamientos: vivifícame en tu justicia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, j’ai ardemment désiré tes préceptes; fais-moi vivre dans ta justice.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, ich verlange nach deinen Vorschriften; belebe mich in deiner Gerechtigkeit!