Psalms 119:93
in Psalms 119I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
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ASV
I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
KJV
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
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This verse in Psalms 119
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting
on Psalms 119:89-96
Verse 89 calls the word everlasting and fixed in the heavens, and verse 90 gives the same permanence to God's faithfulness through all generations. All things serve God, and the ordinances stand to this day. Verse 96 sets a limit on everything perfect and none on the commandment.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"I will never forget," he says, "Your righteousnesses, for with them You have quickened me" [Psalm 119:93]. Behold how it was that he did not perish in his humiliation. For, save God quickens, what is man, Who can indeed kill, but cannot quicken himself?
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
I will never forget thy precepts,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The bounds of created perfection may be defined, but those of God's law in its nature, application, and influence, are infinite. There is no human thing so perfect but that something is wanting to it; its limits are narrow, whereas God's law is of infinite breadth, reaching to all cases, perfectly meeting what each requires, and to all times (Ps 19:3, 6, 7-11;
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A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Hence the pious are encouraged and inclined to seek a knowledge of it, and persevere amidst the efforts of those planning and waiting to destroy them. my delights--plural, not merely delight, but equal to all other delights.
"I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me." When we have felt the quickening power of a precept we never can forget it. We may read it, learn it, repeat it, and think we have it, and yet it may slip out of our minds; but if it has once given us life or renewed that life, there is no fear of its falling from our recollection. Experience teaches, and teaches effectually.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
"I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me." When we have felt the quickening power of a precept we never can forget it. We may read it, learn it, repeat it, and think we have it, and yet it may slip out of our minds; but if it has once given us life or renewed that life, there is no fear of its falling from our recollection. Experience teaches, and teaches effectually. How blessed a thing it is to have the precepts written on the heart with the golden pen of experience, and graven on the memory with the divine stylus of grace. Forgetfulness is a great evil in holy things; we see here the man of God fighting against it, and feeling sure of victory because he knew the life giving energy of the word in his own soul. That which quickens the heart is sure to quicken the memory. It seems singular that he should ascribe quickening to the precepts, and yet it lies in them and in all the words of the Lord alike. It is to be noted that when the Lord raised the dead he addressed to them the word of command. He said, "Lazarus, come forth," or "Maid, arise." We need not fear to address gospel precepts to dead sinners, since by them the Spirit gives them life. Remark that the Psalmist does not say that the precepts quickened him, but that the Lord quickened him by their means: thus he traces the life from the channel to the source, and places the glory where it is due. Yet at the same time he prized the instruments of the blessing, and resolved never to forget them. He had already remembered them when he likened himself to a bottle in the smoke, and now he feels that whether in the smoke or in the fire the memory of the Lord's precepts shall never depart from him.
I will never forget thy precepts - How can I? It is by them I live.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
I will never forget thy precepts - Thy laws; thy truth. I will bear them in mind forever. To all eternity they shall be the object of my meditation. For with them thou hast quickened me - By them thou hast given me life, spiritual life. Compare the notes at Jas 1:18. This is stated as a reason why he would never suffer the truth of God to pass out of his mind. By that truth he had been made really to live. He had been brought from spiritual death to spiritual life. He saw before him now, as the result of that, an endless career of blessedness. How could he ever forget what had worked such a change in his character and condition; which had inspired such hopes; which had opened before him such an immortal career of glory!
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְ֭עוֹלָם | leolom | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח | ʾeshkach | I will forget | H7911 → | 102 times |
| פִּקּוּדֶ֑יךָ | pikudeicha | precepts your | H6490 → | 24 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בָ֝֗ם | vam | by them | ||
| חִיִּיתָֽנִי׃ | chiyitani | you have preserved alive me | H2421 → | 282 times |
לְ֭עוֹלָםfor ever
leolomH5769 →438 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֶשְׁכַּ֣חI will forget
ʾeshkachH7911 →102 times
פִּקּוּדֶ֑יךָprecepts your
pikudeichaH6490 →24 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בָ֝֗םby them
vam
חִיִּיתָֽנִי׃you have preserved alive me
chiyitaniH2421 →282 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
John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Galatians 5:25
Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
- John 6:68
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- Psalms 119:130
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
- 1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- Hebrews 4:12
Through
1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
it leads to
- John 6:63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- John 6:63
Through
Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
it leads to
- Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- Romans 15:4
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, Vol. 6; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.