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Salmos 119:38
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Confirma a tu siervo tu palabra, que inspira reverencia por ti.
Confirma tu palabra a tu siervo, que te teme.
Confirma tu palabra a tu siervo, que te teme.
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.
