Psalms 119:107
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
King James Version
In Context
106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Cross References
Psalms 6:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms 119:88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:107
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. Here is, 1. The notion David had of religion; it is keeping God's righteous judgments. God's commands are his judgments, the dictates of infinite wisdom. They are righteous judgments, consonant to the eternal rules of equity, and it is our duty to keep them carefully. 2. The obligation he here laid upon himself to be religious, binding himself, by his own promise, to that which he was already bound to by the divine precept, and all… Read the whole commentary →