Psalms 119:108
Receive in favor the freewill-offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
In Context
107I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word.
109My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget.
Cross References
Numbers 29:39These shall ye prepare unto the Lord on your appointed festivals; besides your vows, and your freewill-offerings, consisting of your burnt-offerings, and of your meat-offerings, and of your drink-offerings, and of your peace-offerings.
Psalms 27:6And now will my head be lifted up above my enemies all round about me; and I will sacrifice in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy: I will sing, and I will triumphantly play unto the Lord.
Psalms 119:26My ways do I relate [to thee], and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms 119:169TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:108
107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord , according unto thy word. Here is, 1. The representation David makes of the sorrowful condition he was in: I am afflicted very much, afflicted in spirit; he seems to mean that especially. He laboured under many discouragements; without were fightings, within were fears. This is often the lot of the best saints; therefore think it not strange if sometimes it be ours. 2. The recourse he has to God in this condition; he prays for his grace: " Quicken me, O Lord! make… Read the whole commentary →