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Psalms 119:25

My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

KJV

My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.

ASV

דָּֽבְקָ֣ה לֶ/עָפָ֣ר נַפְשִׁ֑/י חַ֝יֵּ֗/נִי כִּ/דְבָרֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.

YLT

My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
דָבְקָה
dbqh
verb · 54×
י
y
noun · 752×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way. This is the longest Psalm and indeed the longest chapter in the Bible. Its singular theme is the excellency and authority of the Word of God. Through eight synonyms for Scripture — law, testimonies, precepts, statutes, commandments, judgments, word, and ordinances — the psalmist expresses his love for and dependence upon divine revelation. …

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 7:27 — For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
  • Col 3:2 — Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
  • Deut 30:6 — And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
  • Isa 38:16 — O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
  • Isa 65:25 — The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
  • Phil 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
  • Ps 22:15 — My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
  • Ps 44:25 — For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
  • Ps 44:25 — For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
  • Ps 71:20 — Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 71:20 — Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 80:18 — So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
  • Ps 80:18 — So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
  • Ps 119:37 — Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
  • Ps 119:37 — Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
  • Ps 119:40 — Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
  • Ps 119:40 — Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
  • Ps 119:50 — This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
  • Ps 119:88 — Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
  • Ps 119:88 — Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
  • Ps 119:93 — I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
  • Ps 119:107 — I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
  • Ps 119:107 — I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
  • Ps 119:149 — Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
  • Ps 119:149 — Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
  • Ps 119:154 — Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
  • Ps 119:156 — Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
  • Ps 119:159 — Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
  • Ps 143:11 — Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
  • Ps 143:11 — Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
  • Rom 7:14 — For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
  • Rom 7:22 — For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
  • Rom 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.