Psalms 119:25
DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
In Context
24Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors.
26My ways do I relate [to thee], and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, in order that thou mayest live.
Psalms 22:15(22:16) Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.
Psalms 44:26(44:27) Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
Psalms 80:18(80:19) Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name.
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: through thy righteousness do thou give my life.
Psalms 119:93Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive.
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 →