
Text -- Psalms 119:154 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 119:154
Clarke -> Psa 119:154; Psa 119:154
Clarke: Psa 119:154 - -- Plead my cause - ריבה ריבי ribah ribi . "Be my Advocate in my suit."Contend for us against the Babylonians, and bring us out of our bondag...
Plead my cause -

Clarke: Psa 119:154 - -- According to thy word - Spoken by thy prophets for our comfort and encouragement.
According to thy word - Spoken by thy prophets for our comfort and encouragement.
Calvin -> Psa 119:154
Calvin: Psa 119:154 - -- 154.Debate thy cause, and redeem me In this verse David specifics the kind of his affliction, which was the wrongful and harassing treatment which he...
154.Debate thy cause, and redeem me In this verse David specifics the kind of his affliction, which was the wrongful and harassing treatment which he met with at the hands of evil and unprincipled men. The reading literally is, Plead my cause, which is the same thing as to undertake a cause, or to take the charge of defending one in judgment, or to maintain the right of the oppressed. In the first place the Prophet in invoking God to defend his cause, shows that he is wrongfully oppressed, either by violence, calumnies, or crafty policies; and in seeking to be redeemed, he intimates that he was unable to make any resistance, or that he was so entangled in their snares, as to have no remaining hope except in the deliverance of God. In the second clause the letter
TSK -> Psa 119:154
TSK: Psa 119:154 - -- Plead : Psa 35:1, Psa 43:1; 1Sa 24:15; Job 5:8; Pro 22:23; Jer 11:20, Jer 50:34, Jer 51:36; Mic 7:9; 1Jo 2:1
quicken : Psa 119:25, Psa 119:40

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Barnes -> Psa 119:154
Barnes: Psa 119:154 - -- Plead my cause ... - Undertake my cause, as an advocate does. See the notes at Psa 35:1. Quicken me ... - Give me life. See the notes at ...
Plead my cause ... - Undertake my cause, as an advocate does. See the notes at Psa 35:1.
Quicken me ... - Give me life. See the notes at Psa 119:25.
Poole -> Psa 119:154
Ver. 154.
Gill -> Psa 119:154
Gill: Psa 119:154 - -- Plead my cause, and deliver me,.... This shows that his affliction was chiefly from men, wicked, ungodly, and unreasonable men; such as were Saul and ...
Plead my cause, and deliver me,.... This shows that his affliction was chiefly from men, wicked, ungodly, and unreasonable men; such as were Saul and his courtiers, and a whole ungodly nation: his cause was a good one, and therefore he puts it into the hand of the Lord, and who otherwise would not have undertaken it; and this he did also because he could not plead it himself, nor any other for him but the Lord; his enemies that strove with him being so many, mighty, and crafty; see Psa 35:1. Christ is the advocate of his people, their Redeemer, who is mighty, and thoroughly pleads their cause against the accusations of Satan, the charges of law and justice, and the condemnation of their own hearts; as well as defends their innocence from the calumnies of wicked men, and rights their wrongs, and redresses their grievances;
quicken me according to thy word; See Gill on Psa 119:25.

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NET Notes -> Psa 119:154; Psa 119:154
NET Notes: Psa 119:154 Heb “and redeem me.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in t...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 119:154
Geneva Bible: Psa 119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy ( a ) word.
( a ) For without God's promise there is no hope of deliverance.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 119:1-176
TSK Synopsis: Psa 119:1-176 - --1 This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
MHCC -> Psa 119:153-160
MHCC: Psa 119:153-160 - --The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his pe...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:153-154
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:153-154 - -- Here, I. David prays for succour in distress. Is any afflicted? let him pray; let him pray as David does here. 1. He has an eye to God's pity, and...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:153-160
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:153-160 - --
The eightfold Resh . Because God cannot suffer those who are faithful to His word to succumb, he supplicates His help against his persecutors. ר...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 119:1-176 - --Psalm 119
The anonymous psalmist who wrote this longest psalm sought refuge from his persecutors and fou...
