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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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DALETH. My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
cleaveth
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
: quicken
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
thou me according to thy word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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Dust,
Soul; Spirit,
To Quicken

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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DALETHsoul.
Psa. 22:15• 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. (Psa. 22:15)
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Psa. 44:25• 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. (Psa. 44:25)
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Isa. 65:25• 25The 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. (Isa. 65:25)
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Matt. 16:23• 23But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (Matt. 16:23)
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Rom. 7:22‑24• 22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
 23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (Rom. 7:22‑24)
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Phil. 3:19• 19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) (Phil. 3:19)
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Col. 3:2• 2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (Col. 3:2)
quicken.
Psa. 119:37,40,88,93,107,149,156,159• 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
 88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
 93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
 107I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.
 149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
 156Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
 159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. (Psa. 119:37,40,88,93,107,149,156,159)
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Psa. 71:20• 20Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. (Psa. 71:20)
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Psa. 80:18• 18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. (Psa. 80:18)
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Psa. 143:11• 11Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. (Psa. 143:11)
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Rom. 8:2‑3• 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: (Rom. 8:2‑3)
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Deut. 30:6• 6And 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. (Deut. 30:6)
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2 Sam. 7:27‑29• 27For 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.
 28And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
 29Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. (2 Sam. 7:27‑29)
• “Daleth”— realization of their own weakness (vs. 25-32). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• (v.25-32) The Lord the alone resource in the time of trouble. (“Psalm 119:25-32: Division 4 (Daleth)” by H. Smith)
• He does not seek to find relief by escaping from the pressure. He seeks God in the pressure, praying that God would raise his drooping spirits according to the comfort of the word. (“Psalm 119:25-32: Division 4 (Daleth)” by H. Smith)
• He who seeks to follow God's ways will find himself often in evil days—days when the power of evil prevails and presses upon his spirit. What then marks faithfulness is that the heart does not turn aside to an easier path or other comforts, but looks to God and His raising up the heart according to His word. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quickenf me according to thy word.

JND Translation Notes

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The word has the double sense of "making to live," Job 33.4, and "keeping alive," Gen. 7.3.