Psalms 119 · Verse 88

Psalms 119:88

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Psalms 119:88, King James Version

Psalms 119:88 in other translations

BSBRevive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
WEBPreserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH
ASVQuicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth. ל LAMEDH.
YLTAccording to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
DARBYQuicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
BBEGive me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth.
WebsterRevive me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

What does Psalms 119:88 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 88 Quicken me - Make and keep me alive. So shall I keep - Without the spiritual life there is no obedience; we must therefore rise from the dead, and be quickened by the Spirit of Christ.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:81-88

The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be…

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Psalms 119:88 in the original Hebrew

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כְּחַסְדְּךָ֥ke.chas.de.Khaaccording to covenant loyalty yourH2617
חַיֵּ֑נִיchai.Ye.nipreserve alive meH2421
וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗הve.'esh.me.Rahso let me keepH8104
עֵד֥וּת'e.Dut[the] testimony ofH5715
פִּֽיךָ\׃Pi.khamouth yourH6310

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:88

  • Psalms 25:10

    All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:25

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

  • Psalms 119:40

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

  • Psalms 119:2

    Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

  • Psalms 119:146

    I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:159

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

  • Psalms 78:5

    For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

  • Psalms 132:12

    If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Quicken.
25,40,159
so shall I.
2,146; 25:10; 78:5; 132:12

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

Context

  • Psalms 119:87

    They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

  • Psalms 119:88

    Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

  • Psalms 119:89

    ל LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

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Psalms 119:88 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vivifícame conforme á tu misericordia; y guardaré los testimonios de tu boca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Selon ta bonté, fais-moi vivre, et je garderai le témoignage de ta bouche.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Belebe mich nach deiner Güte, und ich will bewahren das Zeugnis deines Mundes.