Psalms 119:17
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
BSB
ASV
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.
KJV
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
And what wonder is it the Spirit works life, who enlivens as does the Father and as does the Son? And who can deny that giving new life is the work of the eternal Majesty? For it is written, "Give life to your servant." He, then, is enlivened who is a servant, that is, a person, who before he did not have life but received the privilege of having it.Let us then see whether the Spirit is enlivened, or himself giving life. Now it is written, "The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." So, then, the Spirit enlivens.
ג, GIMEL.--The Third Part. GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant,.... Which character is mentioned, not by way of plea or argument for favour, but as expressive of modesty, sense of duty, and obligation to it. He pleads not his services by way of merit; but prays that God would deal bountifully with him, in a way of grace and mercy: or "render good" unto him, as the Targum; bestow it on him as a free gift.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 13:6I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
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Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
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Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
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I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
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Psalms 119:124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
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Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our…
He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
