149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
149 Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.
149 Hear my voice according to your steadfast love; O Lord, according to your justice give me life.
149 In your love, listen to me; in your justice, God, keep me alive.
149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O Lord, revive me according to Your justice.
149 In your faithful love, O Lord, hear my cry; let me be revived by following your regulations.
156 Your compassion, Lord, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
156 Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules.
156 Your mercies, God, run into the billions; following your guidelines, revive me.
156 Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments.
156 Lord, how great is your mercy; let me be revived by following your regulations.
(Read Psalm 119:153-160)
The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even seek them. They flatter themselves that they are going to heaven; but the longer they persist in sin, the further it is from them. God's mercies are tender; they are a fountain that can never be exhausted. The psalmist begs for God's reviving, quickening grace. A man, steady in the way of his duty, though he may have many enemies, needs to fear none. Those that hate sin truly, hate it as sin, as a transgression of the law of God, and a breaking of his word. Our obedience is only pleasing to God, and pleasant to ourselves, when it comes from a principle of love. All, in every age, who receive God's word in faith and love, find every saying in it faithful.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:149
Commentary on Psalm 119:145-152
(Read Psalm 119:145-152)
Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation, and who love his commandments. Whither should the child go but to his father? Save me from my sins, my corruptions, my temptations, all the hinderances in my way, that I may keep thy testimonies. Christians who enjoy health, should not suffer the early hours of the morning to glide away unimproved. Hope in God's word encourages us to continue in prayer. It is better to take time from sleep, than not to find time for prayer. We have access to God at all hours; and if our first thoughts in the morning are of God, they will help to keep us in his fear all the day long. Make me lively and cheerful. God knows what we need and what is good for us, and will quicken us. If we are employed in God's service, we need not fear those who try to set themselves as far as they can out of the reach of the convictions and commands of his law. When trouble is near, God is near. He is never far to seek. All his commandments are truth. And God's promises will be performed. All that ever trusted in God have found him faithful.