Psalms 119:25
I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
In Context
24Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
26I told of my ways, you made answer; teach me your statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My palate is dry as a sherd, my tongue sticks to my jaws; in the dust of death you lay me.
Psalms 44:26Arise, come to our help: for your love’s sake, ransom us.
Psalms 80:18then from you we will never draw back. Preserve us, and we will call on your name.
Psalms 119:40Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
Psalms 119:93I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in 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 →