Psalms 119:40
Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
In Context
39Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
41[Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
Psalms 119:25[Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
Psalms 119:88According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
Psalms 119:149My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
Psalms 119:159See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
Mark 9:24and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, 'I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'
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 →