Psalms 119:154
Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
In Context
153RESH O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,
155Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:15\24:14\After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.
Job 5:8But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
Psalms 35:23Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 119:25DALETH My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Psalms 119:40See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
Jeremiah 11:20But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
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 →