Psalms 119:88 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. ”

• Psalms 119:88 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Quicken me - Cause me to live; revive me. See Psalms 71:20 , note; Ephesians 2:1 , note. Compare Psalms 80:18 ; Rom 8:11 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; John 6:63 . After thy loving-kindness - Thy m...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  88. Quicken me according to thy goodness This verse contains nothing new. In the beginning of it David represents his life as depending on God’s mercy, not only because he was conscious of h...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. Quicken me - Make and keep me alive. So shall I keep - Without the spiritual life there is no obedience; we must ther...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. Quicken me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. God must give His Quicken...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees...

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• Psalms 119:88 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his being manifested unto Israel. Hence we find him, in...

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• Psalms 119:88 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 repr...

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• Psalms 119:88 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. Ver. 88. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness ] David under long affliction had his dumps and dullnesses; as the bes...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The proud have digged pits for me Have sought to destroy me by deceit and treachery, as well as by violence; which are not after thy law Which pits, that is, which insidious designs against an in...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.       Here is, 1. David in care to be found in the way of his duty. His constant desire and design are t...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Heb. and I will keep . I will testify my gratitude to thee by my obedience.

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• Psalms 119:88 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The psalmist was so full of longings, hungerings, thirstings, for God's salvation that he had come even to faintness th...

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• Psalms 119:88 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...

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• Psalms 119:88 - The Biblical Illustrator

  My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word. Painful soul moods and their antidotes I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful yearning ( Psalms 119:81-83 ). (1) The general obje...

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• Psalms 119:88 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...

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• Psalms 119:88 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Caph. The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles.

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• Psalms 119:88 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Psalms 119:146 ; Psalms 119:159 ; Psalms 119:2 ; Psalms 119:25 ; Psalms 119:40 ; Psalms 132:12 ; Psalms 25:10 ; Psalms 78:5

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