Psalms 119:25
DALETH My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
In Context
24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Psalms 22:15\22:14\I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
Psalms 44:26\44:25\For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.
Psalms 80:18\80:17\Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
Psalms 119:40See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
Psalms 119:93I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:25
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. Here David explains his meditating in God's statutes ( v. 23 ), which was of such use to him when princes sat and spoke against him. 1. Did the affliction make him sad? The word of God comforted him, and was his delight, more his delight than any of the pleasures either of court or camp, of city or country. Sometimes it proves that the comforts of the word of God are most pleasant to a gracious soul when other comforts are embittered. 2. Did it perplex… Read the whole commentary →