Psalms 119:25
[DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
In Context
24Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
26My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:6And Yahweh thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed,—to love Yahweh thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Psalms 22:15Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.
Psalms 44:26Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
Psalms 80:18So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.
Psalms 119:40Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
Psalms 119:93Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.
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 →