Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Parallel translations
- WEB Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
- BSB Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
- NKJV Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.
- NASB ¶Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope.
- NLT Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope.
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Quick answer
The psalmist asks God to remember His word, on which He caused him to hope. It matters because God's promises are the secure ground of the believer's hope.
Overview
Opening the Zayin stanza, the psalmist appeals to God to remember the promise that itself awakened his hope. His confidence rests not in himself but in God's reliable word. This hope grounded in God's promise is fulfilled in Christ, the yes to all God's promises, in whom the believer's hope is anchored.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- 2 Sam 7:25And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
- Ps 106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
- Ps 106:4Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
- Ps 105:42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
- Ps 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
- 1 Pet 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
- Ps 71:14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
- Ps 119:74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
- Isa 62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- Gen 32:9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
- Ps 119:43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
- Rom 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
- Job 7:7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
- 2 Sam 5:2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
- Ps 119:147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
- Ps 105:2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- Gen 8:1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
- 1 Pet 1:21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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