¶Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope.
Parallel translations
- WEB Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
- KJV Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to 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.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 18
- 2 Sam 7:25Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.
- Ps 106:45He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
- Ps 106:4Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
- Ps 105:42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
- Ps 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
- 1 Pet 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
- Ps 71:14But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
- Ps 119:74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
- Isa 62:6I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
- Gen 32:9Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’
- Ps 119:43Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
- Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Job 7:7Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
- 2 Sam 5:2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. Yahweh said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”
- Ps 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
- Ps 105:2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
- Gen 8:1God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- 1 Pet 1:21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
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