Psalms 119:88

88 In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.

Psalms 119:88 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
English Standard Version (ESV)
88 In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.
New Living Translation (NLT)
88 In your unfailing love, spare my life; then I can continue to obey your laws.
The Message Bible (MSG)
88 In your great love revive me so I can alertly obey your every word.
American Standard Version (ASV)
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
88 Give me a new life through your mercy so that I may obey the written instructions, [which came] from your mouth.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
88 Give me life in accordance with Your faithful love, and I will obey the decree You have spoken.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
88 Keep me alive, because you love me. Then I will obey the covenant laws you have given.

Psalms 119:88 Meaning and Commentary

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, and of his mind and will; and which is to be received and observed, as being greater than the testimony of men, ( 1 John 5:9 ) .

Psalms 119:88 In-Context

86 All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
89 Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Psalms 41:2
  • 2. ver 124; Psalms 51:1; Psalms 109:26
  • 3. ver 2,100,129,134,168
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