Psalms 119:154
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
King James Version
In Context
153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:15The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
Job 5:8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 119:25My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:154-155
20. RESH. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. Here, I. David prays for succour in distress. Is any afflicted? let him pray; let him pray as David does here. 1. He has an eye to God's pity, and prays, " Consider my affliction; take it into thy thoughts, and all the circumstances of it, and sit not by as one unconcerned." God is never unmindful of his people's afflictions, but he will have us to put him in… Read the whole commentary →