Psalms 119:38
Give effect to your word to your servant, in whose heart is the fear of you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
In Context
37Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
39Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:25And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!
Psalms 103:11For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
Psalms 103:17But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
Psalms 119:154Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
Psalms 147:11The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:38
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Here, 1. David prays for restraining grace, that he might be prevented and kept back from that which would hinder him in the way of his duty: Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity. The honours, pleasures, and profits of the world are the vanities, the aspect and prospect of which draw multitudes away from the paths of religion and godliness. The eye, when fastened on these, infects the heart with the love of them, and so it is… Read the whole commentary →