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King James Version

Psalms 119:40

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Desire;   Instruction;   Obedience;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Quickening, Spiritual;   Revivals;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Righteousness of God, the;  

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 - Quick;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
I long to obey your commandments! Renew my life with your goodness.
English Revised Version
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Update Bible Version
Look, I have longed after your precepts: Quicken me in your righteousness.
New Century Version
How I want to follow your orders. Give me life because of your goodness.
New English Translation
Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: revive me in thy righteousness.
World English Bible
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
Amplified Bible
I long for Your precepts; Renew me through Your righteousness.
English Standard Version
Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y coueitide thi comaundementis; quikene thou me in thin equite.
Berean Standard Bible
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Contemporary English Version
I long for your teachings. Be true to yourself and let me live.
American Standard Version
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Bible in Basic English
See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
Complete Jewish Bible
See how I long for your precepts; in your righteousness, give me life!
Darby Translation
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Easy-to-Read Version
See how much I want to obey your instructions! Be good to me, and let me live.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, I have longed after Thy precepts; quicken me in Thy righteousness.
King James Version (1611)
Behold, I haue longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousnesse.
New Life Bible
O, how I desire Your Law! Give me new life because of Your right and good way.
New Revised Standard
See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, I desire thy commaundementes: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, I have delighted in thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Good News Translation
I want to obey your commands; give me new life, for you are righteous.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-40) Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, I long for thy precepts; in thy righteousness give me life!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes: cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Christian Standard Bible®
How I long for your precepts!Give me life through your righteousness.
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
Lexham English Bible
Look, I have longed for your precepts; revive me in your righteousness.
Literal Translation
Behold, I have longed for Your Precepts; grant to me life in Your righteousness.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, my delite is in thy commaudemetes, o quycke me in thy rightuousnesse.
New American Standard Bible
Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me through Your righteousness.
New King James Version
Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me through Your righteousness.
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, I long for Your precepts;Revive me in Your righteousness.

Contextual Overview

40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have: Psalms 119:5, Psalms 119:20, Matthew 26:41, Romans 7:24, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Galatians 5:17, Philippians 3:13, Philippians 3:14

quicken: Psalms 119:25, Psalms 119:37, Psalms 119:88, Psalms 119:107, Psalms 119:149, Psalms 119:156, Psalms 119:159, Mark 9:24, John 5:21, John 10:10, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Ephesians 2:5, 3 John 1:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:20 - I will Psalms 19:8 - is pure Psalms 80:18 - quicken Psalms 119:81 - fainteth Psalms 119:94 - for I have Psalms 119:131 - I longed Psalms 119:154 - quicken Psalms 119:173 - for Psalms 143:11 - Quicken Romans 7:15 - what Romans 7:18 - for to will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts,.... After a greater degree of knowledge of them, and an opportunity of hearing them explained and enforced, and of yielding obedience to them; see

Psalms 119:7;

quicken me in thy righteousness: in the way of righteousness, according to the word of righteousness, the Gospel, and with the righteousness of Christ revealed in it; and which is unto life, and quickens and comforts the heart, and from whence abundance of peace and joy flows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts - I have earnestly desired them. See the notes at Psalms 119:20.

Quicken me in thy righteousness - Make me to live; to live in obedience to thy righteous laws. See Psalms 119:25, note; Psalms 119:37, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:40. Behold, I have longed — Thou searchest the heart; thou knowest that I have long desired thy salvation; thou seest that this desire still remains. Behold it! it is thy work; and through thy mercy I breathe after thy mercy.

Quicken me — I am dying; O give me the spirit of life in Christ Jesus!

ANALYSIS OF LETTER HE. - Fifth Division

In this part, which is wholly precatory, the psalmist prays, -

I. That God would illuminate his mind.

II. That he would remove all those hinderances which might prevent him from doing his duty.

I. 1. The first petition is for illumination: "Teach me;" point me out what I am to learn, and how I am to learn it.

2. The second is, "Give me understanding." Let me comprehend, that I may profit by this teaching.

3. The end for which he asks, - that he "may keep the law."

He specifies the manner: 1. He will be no temporizer; he will keep it "to the end." 2. He will be no hypocrite; he will keep it "with his whole heart."

1. He prays for power: "Make me to go." Without thy Spirit's help I can do nothing: I do not know the way without thy teaching; I cannot walk in it without thy help.

2. He wishes to go in the path; the way in which all God's followers have walked.

3. It is a path, not a public road; a path where no beast goes, and men seldom.

4. He gives a reason why his petition should be granted: "Therein do I delight."

II. He prays to have all impediments removed.

1. "Incline my heart." Bind it down to a willing obedience.

2. "Not to covetousness." Keep me from the love of money, the world, the creature.

3. He prays against the desire of the eye: "Turn away mine eyes." Let the eye of my body be turned away from vanity; the eye of my mind turned away to thee.

4. Let me find the benefit of this turning: "Stablish thy word," - make good thy word; give me grace to stand.

5. For which he gives this reason: "I am thy servant, and am devoted to thy fear."

6. He is afraid of the consequences if he be not faithful: "Turn away my reproach." Let it not be said, at the day of judgment, "I was hungry, and you gave me no meat," c.

7. He knows if God condemns it must be justly: "For thy judgments are good." Man may condemn where thou approvest he may approve where thou condemnest. Thy judgments alone are good.

8. He concludes, desiring the Lord to look on the state of his heart: "Behold!" 1. Is not my heart right before thee? 2. If so, quicken me; make me alive, and keep me alive! Without the latter, the former will answer no end.


 
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