Psalms 119:88

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Quicken	חַיֵּ֑נִי chai.Ye.ni	H2421	to live · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
lovingkindness	כְּחַסְדְּךָ֥ ke.chas.de.Kha	H2617	kindness · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
keep	וְ֝אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה ve.'esh.me.Rah	H8104	properly · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
testimony	עֵד֥וּת 'e.Dut	H5715	testimony · noun, common feminine singular construct
mouth	פִּֽיךָ Pi.kha	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
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.
Psalms 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Psalms 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to…
Psalms 132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:88

Here is, 1. David in care to be found in the way of his duty. His constant desire and design are to keep the testimony of God's mouth, to keep to it as his rule and to keep hold of it as his confidence and portion for ever. This we must keep, whatever we lose. 2. David at prayer for divine grace to assist him therein: "Quicken me after thy lovingkindness (make me alive and make me lively), so shall I keep thy testimonies," implying that otherwise he should not keep them. We cannot proceed, nor persevere, in the good way, unless God quicken us and put life into us; we are therefore here taught to depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work, and to depend upon it as grace,…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:88

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness,.... According to it, and with it; let me have some discoveries of it, and of interest in it; and that will quicken me, revive and comfort me, under all the reproaches, ill usage, and persecutions of men. The love of God shed abroad in the heart comforts and supports under all sorts of afflictions; it quickens the graces of the Spirit, and brings them forth into lively exercise, as faith, hope, and love; and to a diligent and fervent discharge of every duty: it constrains to love the Lord, and live to him, to his glory, in obedience to his will; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth; the word of God, which comes out of his mouth, testifies of him, an…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:81-88

Psalm 119:81-88 k 81. My soul hath fainted for thy salvation: I hope in thy word. k 82. My eyes have waxed dim in looking for thy promise, and I say, When wilt thou comfort me? k 83. For I have been as a bottle in the smoke; and yet I have not forgotten thy statutes. k 84. How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on my persecutors? k 85. The proud have digged pits for me, which thing is not according to thy law. k 86. All thy commandments are truth; they persecute we deceitfully; therefore help thou me. k 87. They have almost consumed me upon the earth; yet I have not forsaken thy statutes. k 88. Quicken me according to thy goodness; and I will keep the testimon…

The Church Fathers

And that She might persevere unto the end, "O quicken me," he saith, "after Thy loving mercy: and so shall I keep the testimonies of Thy mouth" (ver. 88); where the Greek hath Marturia. This was not to be passed over in silence, on account of that sweetest name of Martyrs, who beyond doubt when so great cruelty of the persecutors was raging, that the Church was almost made an end of upon earth, would never have kept the testimonies of God, unless that had been vouchsafed them which is here spoken of, "O quicken me after Thy loving-kindness." For they were quickened, lest by loving life, they should deny the life, and by denying it, should lose it: and thus they who for life refused to forsake the truth, lived by dying for the truth.
— 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,…
Testimony — (1.) Witness or evidence (2 Thess. 1:10). (2.) The Scriptures, as the revelation of God’s will (2 Kings 11:12; Ps. 19:7; 119:88; Isa. 8:16, 20). (3.) The altar raised by the Gadites and Reubenites…
Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Loving-Kindness Of God, The · Saints: Quickened after — Saints: Quickened after

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:88

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:88

John Gill on Psalms 119:88

John Calvin on Psalms 119:81-88

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:88

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:88

John Gill on Psalms 119:88

John Calvin on Psalms 119:81-88

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:81-88

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:85-88