Psalms 119:38
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
In Context
37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
39Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:25And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
Psalms 119:154Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
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 →