I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
- KJV I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
- NKJV I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have given me life.
- NASB I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me.
- NLT I will never forget your commandments, for by them you give me life.
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Quick answer
He vows never to forget God's precepts, because through them God revived him. Gratitude for renewed life secures his lasting loyalty.
Overview
The psalmist resolves to keep God's precepts permanently in mind, for they were the means by which God restored his life. His remembrance is rooted in experienced grace, not mere duty. This life-giving power of the word points forward to the Spirit who gives life through the gospel, reviving dead souls in Christ (John 6:63; James 1:18).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 119:50This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
- 1 Pet 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- Ps 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
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