Psalms 119:94

I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
save	הוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי ho.shi.'E.ni	H3467	properly · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
sought	דָרָֽשְׁתִּי da.Ra.she.ti	H1875	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
precepts	פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ fi.ku.Dei.cha	H6490	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy ove…
Psalms 86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
Psalms 119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Isaiah 44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, w…
Isaiah 64:8-10 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Acts 27:23-24 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Isaiah 44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD…
Joshua 10:4-6 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:94

Here, 1. David claims relation to God: "I am thine, devoted to thee and owned by thee, thine in covenant." He does not say, Thou art mine (as Dr. Manton observes), though that follows of course, because that were a higher challenge; but, I am thine, expressing himself in a more humble and dutiful way of resignation; nor does he say, I am thus, but, I am thine, not pleading his own good property or qualification, but God's propriety in him: "I am thine, not my own, not the world's." 2. He proves his claim: "I have sought thy precepts; I have carefully enquired concerning my duty and diligently endeavoured to do it." This will be the best evidence that we belong to God; all that are his, thoug…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:94

I am thine, save me,.... From all troubles and afflictions; from all enemies, temporal and spiritual; from Satan, and his principalities and powers, from sin, and all the wretched consequences of it; from hell wrath, and damnations: salvation from all which is by Christ. And this is a prayer of faith with respect to him, founded upon his interest and property in him; whose he was by choice, by covenant, by gift, by purchase, and by grace: and this is a plea for salvation; thou hast an interest in me, I am one of thine, therefore let me not be lost or perish; for I have sought thy precepts; to understand them better, and observe them more constantly; and which sense of interest and relation,…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:89-96

Psalm 119:89-96 l 89. Thy word, O Jehovah! endureth for ever in heaven. l 90. Thy truth is from generation to generation: thou hast, established the earth, and it abideth. l 91. By thy judgments they continue to this day; for all are thy servants. l 92. Had not thy law been my delight, I had then perished in my affliction. l 93. I will never forget thy statutes, for thou hast quickened me in them. l 94. I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy statutes. l 95. The wicked wait for me to destroy me: but I consider thy testimonies. l 96. In all perfection I have see, the end: thy commandment is exceeding broad. 89 Thy word, O Jehovah I endure for ever. Many explain this verse as if David add…

The Church Fathers

He next adds: "I am Yours: O save me, for I have sought Your righteousnesses" [Psalm 119:94]. We must not understand lightly the words, "I am Yours." For what is not His? Why then is it that the Psalmist has commended himself unto God somewhat in a more familiar sense, in these words, "I am Yours: O save me;" save because he wished it to be understood that he had desired to be his own only to his harm, which is the first and the greatest evil of disobedience? And as if he should say, I wished to be my own, and I lost myself: "I am Yours," he says, "O save me, for I have sought Your righteousnesses;" not my own inclinations, whereby I was my own, but "Your righteousnesses," that I might now be Yours.
— 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,…
Seeking God · Includes seeking: His precepts — Includes seeking: His precepts

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Psalms 119:94

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:94

John Gill on Psalms 119:94

John Calvin on Psalms 119:89-96

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:94

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:94

John Gill on Psalms 119:94

John Calvin on Psalms 119:89-96

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:89-96

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:89-96