Psalms 119:154
Plead thou my cause, and redeem me. Enliven me according to thy word.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
In Context
153Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I do not forget thy law.
155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not thy statutes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:15LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,
Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice to me, to my cause, my God and my LORD.
Psalms 119:25My soul clings to the dust. Enliven thou me according to thy word.
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts. Enliven me in thy righteousness.
Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tries the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my case.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:154-155
20. RESH. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. Here, I. David prays for succour in distress. Is any afflicted? let him pray; let him pray as David does here. 1. He has an eye to God's pity, and prays, " Consider my affliction; take it into thy thoughts, and all the circumstances of it, and sit not by as one unconcerned." God is never unmindful of his people's afflictions, but he will have us to put him in… Read the whole commentary →