Psalms 119:175
in Psalms 119Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.
KJV
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
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This verse in Psalms 119
Commentary
7 notes on this verseBut in this faith, though the heathen rage furiously, and the people imagine a vain thing: though the flesh be slain while it preaches You: "My soul shall live, and shall praise You: and Your judgments shall help me" [Psalm 119:175]. These are those judgments, which it was time should begin at the house of the Lord. [1 Peter 4:17] But "they will help me," he says. And who cannot see how much the blood of the Church has aided the Church? How great a harvest has risen in the whole world from that sowing?
This site's exposition
May my cry come before You
on Psalms 119:169-176
The last asking is to be heard, the cry before God and the plea after it. His lips pour out praise and his tongue sings of the word. The psalm ends on a stray sheep asking to be sought.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee,....
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
Let my soul live. Fill it full of life, preserve it from wandering into the ways of death, give it to enjoy the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, let it live to the fulness of life, to the utmost possibilities of its new created being. And it shall praise thee. It shall praise thee for life, for new life, for eternal life, for thou art the Lord and Giver of life. The more it shall live, the more it shall praise, and when it shall live in perfection it shall praise thee in perfection. Spiritual life is prayer and praise. And let thy judgments help me. While I read the record of what thou hast done, in terror or in love, let me be quickened and developed. While I see thy hand actually at work upon me, and upon others, chastening sin, and smiling upon righteousness, let me be helped both to live aright and to praise thee. Let all thy deeds in providence instruct me, and aid me in the struggle to overcome sin and to practise holiness. This is the second time he has asked for help in this portion; he was always in need of it, and so are we.
Let my soul live. Fill it full of life, preserve it from wandering into the ways of death, give it to enjoy the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, let it live to the fulness of life, to the utmost possibilities of its new created being. And it shall praise thee. It shall praise thee for life, for new life, for eternal life, for thou art the Lord and Giver of life. The more it shall live, the more it shall praise, and when it shall live in perfection it shall praise thee in perfection. Spiritual life is prayer and praise.
Let my soul live - Let my life be preserved, and my soul quickened!
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee - I desire life that I may praise thee; if I do live, I will praise thee. My life is consecrated to thy service; if lengthened out, and as far as it shall be lengthened out, it shall be devoted to thee. And let thy judgments help me - The dealings of thy hand; the interpositions of thy providence. Let them all be such as will be favorable to the great purpose of my soul - the service of my God.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תְּֽחִי־ | techi- | may it live | H2421 → | 282 times |
| נַ֭פְשִׁי | nafshi | self my | H5315 → | 754 times |
| וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּ | utehaleka | so it may praise you | H1984 → | 165 times |
| וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥ךָ | umishpatekha | and judgments your | H4941 → | 422 times |
| יַעֲזְרֻֽנִי׃ | yaazruni | may they help me | H5826 → | 81 times |
תְּֽחִי־may it live
techi-H2421 →282 times
נַ֭פְשִׁיself my
nafshiH5315 →754 times
וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּso it may praise you
utehalekaH1984 →165 times
וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥ךָand judgments your
umishpatekhaH4941 →422 times
יַעֲזְרֻֽנִי׃may they help me
yaazruniH5826 →81 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
- Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Proverbs 4:20
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- John 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Acts 13:34
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- Jeremiah 32:40
Through
Isaiah 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:7
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Psalms 78:3–6
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…
- Deuteronomy 6:7
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 6; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).