Psalms 119:38
Fulfil your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
In Context
37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
39Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:25“Now, LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.
Psalms 103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness towards those who fear him.
Psalms 103:17But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,
Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
Psalms 119:154Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
Psalms 147:11The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:38
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Here, 1. David prays for restraining grace, that he might be prevented and kept back from that which would hinder him in the way of his duty: Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity. The honours, pleasures, and profits of the world are the vanities, the aspect and prospect of which draw multitudes away from the paths of religion and godliness. The eye, when fastened on these, infects the heart with the love of them, and so it is… Read the whole commentary →