Psalms 119:107
I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
In Context
106I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.
108Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions.
Cross References
Psalms 6:1To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 34:19\34:18\The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
Psalms 119:88Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:107
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. Here is, 1. The notion David had of religion; it is keeping God's righteous judgments. God's commands are his judgments, the dictates of infinite wisdom. They are righteous judgments, consonant to the eternal rules of equity, and it is our duty to keep them carefully. 2. The obligation he here laid upon himself to be religious, binding himself, by his own promise, to that which he was already bound to by the divine precept, and all… Read the whole commentary →