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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:40 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I have longed
ta'ab (Hebrew #8373)
to desire
KJV usage: long.
Pronounce: taw-ab'
Origin: a primitive root
after thy precepts
piqquwd (Hebrew #6490)
from 6485; properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
KJV usage: commandment, precept, statute.
Pronounce: pik-kood'
Origin: or piqqud {pik-kood'}
: quicken
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
p me in thy righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
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John 10:10• 10The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly. (John 10:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I have.
Psa. 119:5,20• 5Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
 20My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times. (Psa. 119:5,20)
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Matt. 26:41• 41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is ready, but the flesh weak. (Matt. 26:41)
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Rom. 7:24• 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of this body of death? (Rom. 7:24)
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2 Cor. 7:1• 1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear. (2 Cor. 7:1)
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Gal. 5:17• 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire; (Gal. 5:17)
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Phil. 3:13‑14• 13Brethren, *I* do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing--forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,
 14I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:13‑14)
quicken.
Psa. 119:25,37,88,107,149,156,159• 25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.
 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
 88Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
 107I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
 149Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.
 156Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
 159See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness. (Psa. 119:25,37,88,107,149,156,159)
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Mark 9:24• 24And immediately the father of the young child crying out said with tears, I believe, help mine unbelief. (Mark 9:24)
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John 5:21• 21For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens them, thus the Son also quickens whom he will: (John 5:21)
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John 10:10• 10The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly. (John 10:10)
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1 Cor. 15:45• 45Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit. (1 Cor. 15:45)
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Eph. 2:5• 5(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) (Eph. 2:5)
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3 John 2• 2Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers. (3 John 2)
• The heart was right. It longed after God's precepts, and looked for the Lord to give liveliness of heart and energy of renewed will, undistractedness through the faithfulness of God (that consistency with His own goodness and favor on which we can reckon in Him). “Quicken me in thy righteousness.” This last supposes an increased knowledge of God, so that we can reckon on Him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)
• In the knowledge that God’s judgments are good, the godly man, with deep longing after the Lord’s precepts, desires to be energized in the path of righteousness. (“Psalm 119:33-40: Division 5 (He)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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