Psalms 119:25
My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
In Context
24Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
26I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me to the dust of death!
Psalms 44:26Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
Psalms 80:18So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
Psalms 119:93I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
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 →