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Text -- Psalms 119:154 (NET)

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119:154 Fight for me and defend me! Revive me with your word!
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Psa 119:154 - -- HENGSTENBERG translates, "Fight my fight." (See Psa 35:1; Psa 43:1; Mic 7:9).

HENGSTENBERG translates, "Fight my fight." (See Psa 35:1; Psa 43:1; Mic 7:9).

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 - ריבה ריבי ribah ribi . "Be my Advocate in my suit."Contend for us against the Babylonians, and bring us out of our bondage

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 - -- 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 ל , lamed, seems to be taken for the letter כ , caph, the mark of similitude, 29 as would appear from his having used a little before (Psa 119:149) a similar form of prayer. Again, as David here complains that he is held as it were in fetters by his enemies, unless he is delivered by the hand of his Redeemer, he with good reason beseeches God to restore him to life; for he who is rims abased is like a person dead. It is also aptly added according to thy word; for it is from the promises which God makes in his word of becoming our deliverer that the hope of life shines upon us. Whence the Prophet, when earnestly desiring to be brought from darkness to light, sustains and encourages himself by the word. If a different sense is preferred, then David is not to be understood as simply asking that life may be given him, but as praying for spiritual life, that he may be encouraged to exercise faith, to cultivate the fear of God, and to cherish the desire of living a holy life.

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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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

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.

Ver. 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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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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 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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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 119:1-176 - --1 This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.

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 - -- 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 - -- 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...

Constable: Psa 119:153-160 - --20. Love for God's Word 119:153-160 Again the writer prayed for deliverance appealing to his com...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 119 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 119:1, This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 119 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT The author of this Psalm was David; which I know none that deny, and of which there is no just reason to doubt. The scope and design o...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 119 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 119:1-8) Aleph. (Psa 119:9-16) Beth. (Psa 119:17-24) Gimel. (Psa 119:25-32) Daleth. (Psa 119:33-40) He. (Psa 119:41-48) Vav. (Psa 119:49-56...

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 119 (Chapter Introduction) This is a psalm by itself, like none of the rest; it excels them all, and shines brightest in this constellation. It is much longer than any of the...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 119 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 119 This psalm is generally thought to be written by David, but when is uncertain; very probably towards the decline of life;...

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