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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

Psalms 119:38

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Fear of God;   Instruction;   Prayer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Letters;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Love to God;   Union to Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judgments of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ain;   Aleph;   Beth;   Joy;   Pharisees;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Regeneration;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Testimony;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;   Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Order;   Word;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 31;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Reassure me of your promise, made to those who fear you.
English Revised Version
Confirm thy word unto thy servant, which belongeth unto the fear of thee.
Update Bible Version
Confirm to your slave your word, Which [is in order] to the fear of you.
New Century Version
Keep your promise to me, your servant, so you will be respected.
New English Translation
Confirm to your servant your promise, which you made to the one who honors you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Establish thy word to thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
World English Bible
Fulfill your promise to your servant, That you may be feared.
Amplified Bible
Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You.
English Standard Version
Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ordeyne thi speche to thi seruaunt; in thi drede.
Berean Standard Bible
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Contemporary English Version
I am your servant! Do for me what you promised to those who worship you.
American Standard Version
Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which is in order unto the fear of thee.
Bible in Basic English
Give effect to your word to your servant, in whose heart is the fear of you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Fulfill your promise, which you made to your servant, which you made to those who fear you.
Darby Translation
Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.
Easy-to-Read Version
Do what you promised me, your servant, so that people will respect you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Confirm Thy word unto Thy servant, which pertaineth unto the fear of Thee.
King James Version (1611)
Stablish thy word vnto thy seruant: who is deuoted to thy feare.
New Life Bible
Keep Your promise to Your servant, the promise You made to those who fear and worship You.
New Revised Standard
Confirm to your servant your promise, which is for those who fear you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Stablish thy promesse to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
George Lamsa Translation
Strengthen thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thee.
Good News Translation
Keep your promise to me, your servant— the promise you make to those who obey you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-38) Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
Revised Standard Version
Confirm to thy servant thy promise, which is for those who fear thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Make thy worde more euident vnto thy seruaunt: who is [geuen] to thy feare.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.
Christian Standard Bible®
Confirm what you said to your servant,for it produces reverence for you.
Hebrew Names Version
Fulfill your promise to your servant, That you may be feared.
Lexham English Bible
Fulfill your word to your servant, which is to bring about a reverence for you.
Literal Translation
Make Your Word sure to Your servant, who is devoted to Your fear.
Young's Literal Translation
Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O stablish thy worde in thy seruaunt, yt I maye feare the.
New American Standard Bible
Establish Your word to Your servant As that which produces reverence for You.
New King James Version
Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Establish Your word to Your servant, As that which produces reverence for You.
Legacy Standard Bible
Cause Your word to be established for Your slave,As that which produces fear for You.

Contextual Overview

38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Stablish: Psalms 119:49, 2 Samuel 7:25-29, 2 Corinthians 1:20

who is devoted: Psalms 103:11, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:17, Psalms 145:19, Psalms 147:11, Jeremiah 32:39-41

Reciprocal: Luke 1:38 - be Romans 7:12 - the law

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Stablish thy word unto thy servant,.... Either God's word of promise, which never fails, is firm and stable in Christ; and the sense is, that God would assure him of the fulfilment of it, and give him a strong faith and firm belief of it; for otherwise the word of the Lord cannot be surer or more stable than it is: or else the word of his grace; and then the sense is, that he might be established in it, and the truths of it, and be established by it; for the word is a means of establishment, and a good thing it is to have the heart established with grace, with the doctrine of grace, Hebrews 13:9;

who [is devoted] to thy fear; who served the Lord with reverence and godly fear; who feared the Lord and his goodness; that grace being a reigning one in his heart, and ever before his eyes. Or, "which is unto thy fear" d; that is, which word is unto thy fear; which leads unto it, and has a tendency to promote and increase it; and so is a commendation of the word of God from this effect of it.

d אשר ליראתך "quod ad timorem tuum", Pagninus, Montanus; "quod ad timorem tui facit", Musculus; "et ducit", Schmidt; "quod datum est ad timorem tui", Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Stablish thy word unto thy servant - Confirm it; make it seem firm and true; let not my mind be vacillating or skeptical in regard to thy truth. This seems to be a prayer against the influence of doubt and scepticism; a prayer that doubts might not be suffered to spring up in his mind, and that the objections and difficulties of scepticism might have no place there. There is a class of people whose minds are naturally skeptical and unbelieving, and for such people such a prayer is especially appropriate. For none can it be improper to pray that the word of God may always seem to them to be true; that their minds may never be left to the influence of doubt and unbelief.

Who is devoted to thy fear - literally, “Who,” or which, “to thy fear.” This may refer either to the author of the psalm, or to the word of God. It may mean that he was among those who feared - that is, worshipped God; or, that the word of God had reference to the “fear,” that is, to the worship of God, or was designed to secure that. The construction seems to demand the latter interpretation; and then the prayer is, that God would confirm his faith in that “word” - in that revealed truth - which was designed to secure the worship of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:38. Stablish thy word — Fulfil the promises thou hast made to me.


 
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