Psalms 119:40
Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
In Context
39Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.
41[WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
Psalms 119:25[DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
Psalms 119:88According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
Psalms 119:149My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.
Psalms 119:159See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
Mark 9:24Straightway crying out, the father of the child was saying—I have faith! help my, want, of faith.
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 →