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Psalms 119:40
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks to God, making a direct plea for spiritual restoration immediately after asking God to remove the disgrace he dreads.
The words — The Hebrew verb תָּאַ֣בְתִּי (ta.'Av.ti) literally means "I long," and the imperative חַיֵּֽ/נִי (chai.Ye./ni) translates to "preserve alive" or "revive me."
The thread — This specific longing for divine instruction appears again in Psalms 119:20 and 119:159, while the request for life aligns with the promise of fullness in John 10:10.
Why it lands — The verse requires a reader to measure their own desire for God's commands and acknowledge that sustained life comes only through divine righteousness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Cross-references
- Psalms 119:20 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
- John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
- Psalms 119:159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
- Psalms 119:25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
- Psalms 119:37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Psalms 119:88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
- Psalms 119:107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
- Psalms 119:149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.