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Psalms 119:40 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. "

Psalms 119:40

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38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.

39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.

40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.

42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

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David here says how deeply he loves God’s word. He has longed for God’s precepts, meaning God’s commands and teachings. He does not mean only that he has loved them and enjoyed what he already knew. He also means that he wants to know them more fully and obey them better, always moving toward greater maturity.

When a person has tasted the sweetness of God’s commands, that taste only creates a greater hunger for them. David brings this desire before God himself. In effect, he says, “Look, I have loved this way and longed for it. You know all things, so you know the truth of my heart.”

He then asks God to give him the grace to live out what he has said. God has already stirred up this deep desire, so David asks him to give it life and strength. “Quicken me in your righteousness” means, “Make me alive and active in your right ways, according to your righteous promise.” Where God gives both the will and the desire to obey, he will also give help to do it, and he will satisfy the longing he has awakened.

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From This Chapter

Psalms 119:1

"Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law."

Psalms 119:2

"Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart."

Psalms 119:3

"Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways."

Psalms 119:4

"You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them."

Psalms 119:5

"Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!"

Psalms 119:6

"Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments."

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