Psalms 119:25
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
In Context
24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: teach me thy statutes.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:6And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Psalms 22:15My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 44:26Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
Psalms 80:18So shall we not go back from thee: quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name,
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:93I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast quickened me.
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 →