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Preserve my life according to your lovingkindness, So I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED
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Life Is the Root of Obedience
The psalmist's prayer reveals a crucial spiritual sequence: divine life precedes human obedience. Commentators explain that the request is to be made alive or revived by God so that the psalmist will have the strength to keep His commands. As Charles Spurgeon notes, "Spiritual life is the root of holiness." Our ability to live for God flows from the life He gives us by His grace.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Quicken me - Cause me to live; revive me. See (Psalms 71:20), note; (Ephesians 2:1), note. Compare ([Reference Psalm…
19th Century
Baptist
Quicken me after your lovingkindness; so I will keep the testimony of your mouth.
Give me more true spiritual life, inspirit me, re…
16th Century
Protestant
Quicken me according to your goodness. This verse contains nothing new. In the beginning of it, David represents his life as depending on …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness According to it, and with it; let me have some discoveries of it, and of interes…
The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his enemies, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed from looking out for this …
