Psalms 119:40
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
In Context
39Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
41Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
Psalms 119:25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
Psalms 119:88Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
Psalms 119:149Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
Psalms 119:159Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
Mark 9:24Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:40
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. Here, 1. David prays against reproach, as before, v. 22 . David was conscious to himself that he had done that which might give occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, which would blemish his own reputation and turn to the dishonour of his family; now he prays that God, who has all men's hearts and tongues in his hands, would be pleased to prevent this, to deliver him from all his transgressions, that he might not be the reproach of the… Read the whole commentary →