Psalms 119:38 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 119:38

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

KJV

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ASV

Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Whichis in order unto the fear of thee.

WEB

Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

YLT

Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear.

DBT

Establish thy *word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Jeremiah 32:39–41
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Psalms 147:11
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Luke 1:38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Psalms 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

who is devoted to thy fear--or better, "which (that is, Thy word) is for Thy fear," for producing it. "Which is to those who fear Thee." God's word of promise belongs peculiarly to such (compare Ge 18:19;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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