Psalms 119:40

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:40

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: (f) quicken me in thy righteousness. (f) Give me strength to continue in your word even to the end.
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 beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in: or by. righteousness. Hebrew. zedakah. See App-73.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

40. Behold, I have a desire to thy precepts This is a repetition of what he declared a little before, with regard to his pious affection, an...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. Behold, I have longed - Thou searchest the heart; thou knowest that I have...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righte...
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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Quicken me in thy righteousness — i.e. , Let the sense of thy eternal justice give me vigour and life. Or the thought may be of the invigorating i...
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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Love for God's Commands Psalms 119:33-48 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key...
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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

HE. How very beautiful is this portion of the psalm, considered as descriptive of the work of the Holy Ghost. It is his blessed province, and from h...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts ,.... After a greater degree of knowledge of them, and an opportunity of hearing them explained and enforce...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. Ver. 40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts ] This he could boldl...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Turn away my reproach which I fear For my instability in thy ways; which, in respect to my own weakness, I have great cause to fear; I have longed...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. Here, 1. David professes the ardent affection he had t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

After thy precepts; after a more solid knowledge and constant performance of thy precepts. Quicken me; do thou preserve and maintain both my natu...
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 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:33 . Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; The psalmist is constantly talking about «the way.» We have that expression in the 27...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Turn away my reproach which I fear; for Thy judgments are good. The dreaded and the desired I. What is here dreaded (verse 39). 1. Reproach...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He. The Constancy of the Believer Upheld and Nourished by God's Word.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, I have longed after Thy precepts, with an urgent desire to be directed by the Word of God in his entire conduct; quicken me in Thy righteous...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1 ; 3 John 1:2 ; Ephesians 2:5 ; Galatians 5:17 ; John 10:10 ; John 5:21 ; Mark 9:24 ; Matthew 26:41 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Longed — After a more solid knowledge and constant performance of them. In — According to thy faithfulness.

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:40

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:40