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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:40 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I have longed
ta'ab (Hebrew #8373)
to desire
KJV usage: long.
Pronounce: taw-ab'
Origin: a primitive root
after thy precepts
piqquwd (Hebrew #6490)
from 6485; properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
KJV usage: commandment, precept, statute.
Pronounce: pik-kood'
Origin: or piqqud {pik-kood'}
: 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)
p me in thy righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
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John 10:10• 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

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I have.
Psa. 119:5,20• 5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
 20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. (Psa. 119:5,20)
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Matt. 26:41• 41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matt. 26:41)
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Rom. 7:24• 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (Rom. 7:24)
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2 Cor. 7:1• 1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (2 Cor. 7:1)
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Gal. 5:17• 17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (Gal. 5:17)
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Phil. 3:13‑14• 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:13‑14)
quicken.
Psa. 119:25,37,88,107,149,156,159• 25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
 88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
 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. 119:25,37,88,107,149,156,159)
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Mark 9:24• 24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. (Mark 9:24)
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John 5:21• 21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. (John 5:21)
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John 10:10• 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)
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1 Cor. 15:45• 45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (1 Cor. 15:45)
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Eph. 2:5• 5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Eph. 2:5)
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3 John 2• 2Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. (3 John 2)
• In the knowledge that God’s judgments are good, the godly man, with deep longing after the Lord’s precepts, desires to be energized in the path of righteousness. (“Psalm 119:33-40: Division 5 (He)” by H. Smith)
• The heart was right. It longed after God's precepts, and looked for the Lord to give liveliness of heart and energy of renewed will, undistractedness through the faithfulness of God (that consistency with His own goodness and favor on which we can reckon in Him). “Quicken me in thy righteousness.” This last supposes an increased knowledge of God, so that we can reckon on Him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.