Psalms 119:154

Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Plead	רִיבָ֣ה ri.Vah	H7378	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he
cause	רִ֭יבִי Ri.vi	H7379	a contest (personal or legal) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
deliver	וּגְאָלֵ֑נִי u.ge.'a.Le.ni	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
quicken	חַיֵּֽנִי chai.Ye.ni	H2421	to live · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
word	לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥ le.'im.ra.te.Kha	H565	something said · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
1 Samuel 24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disqui…
Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will br…
Psalms 119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Psalms 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Jeremiah 11:20 But, 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…
Job 5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:153-154

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 remembrance (Isa 43:26), to spread our case before him, and then leave it to his compassionate consideration to do in it as in his wisdom he shall think fit, in his own time and way. 2. He has an eye to God's power and prays, Deliver me; and again, "Deliver me; consider my troubles and bring me out of them." God has promised deliverance…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:154

Plead my cause, and deliver me,.... This shows that his affliction was chiefly from men, wicked, ungodly, and unreasonable men; such as were Saul and his courtiers, and a whole ungodly nation: his cause was a good one, and therefore he puts it into the hand of the Lord, and who otherwise would not have undertaken it; and this he did also because he could not plead it himself, nor any other for him but the Lord; his enemies that strove with him being so many, mighty, and crafty; see Psalm 35:1. Christ is the advocate of his people, their Redeemer, who is mighty, and thoroughly pleads their cause against the accusations of Satan, the charges of law and justice, and the condemnation of their ow…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:153-160

Psalm 119:153-160 153. r Behold my affliction, and rescue me: for I have not forgotten thy law. 154. r Debate my cause, and redeem me: quicken thy according to thy word. 155. r Safety is far from the wicked; because they have not sought thy statutes. 156. r O Jehovah! Thy tender mercies are many: quicken me according to thy judgments. 157. r My persecutors and oppressors are many: [27] I have not swerved from thy testimonies. 158. r I saw the perfidious, and chid them; because they have not kept thy word. 159. r Behold O Jehovah! how have loved thy commandments: quicken me according to thy loving kindness. 160. r The beginning [literally, the head [28] ] of thy word is truth; and all the ju…

The Church Fathers

"Avenge Thou," he says, "my cause, and deliver me" [Psalm 119:154]. The former sentence is here almost repeated. And what is there said, "For I do not forget Your law," agrees with what we read here, "Quicken me, according to Your word." For these words are the law of God, which he has not forgot, so that he has abased himself, and will therefore be exalted. But the words, "Quicken me," pertain to this very exaltation; for the exaltation of the saints is everlasting life.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…

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Psalms 119:154

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:153-154

John Gill on Psalms 119:154

John Calvin on Psalms 119:153-160

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:154

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:153-154

John Gill on Psalms 119:154

John Calvin on Psalms 119:153-160

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:153-160

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:153-160