I have suffered much, O Lord; restore my life again as you promised.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
- KJV I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
- BSB I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
- NKJV I am afflicted very much; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
- NASB I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, Lord, according to Your word.
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Quick answer
Deeply afflicted, he asks God to revive him according to His word. He seeks renewed life on the basis of God's promise.
Overview
The psalmist, severely afflicted, pleads for revival grounded in God's word. His hope for restored strength rests not on circumstances but on what God has promised. This pattern of seeking life from the word finds its fulfillment in Christ, through whom God gives abundant and resurrection life to the afflicted (John 10:10; 2 Cor. 4:16-18).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Ps 143:11Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- Ps 119:25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
- Ps 119:88Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED
- Ps 22:14–18I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
- Ps 6:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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