I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
- BSB I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
- NKJV I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.
- NASB I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.
- NLT I am yours; rescue me! For I have worked hard at obeying your commandments.
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Quick answer
Because he belongs to God and has sought His precepts, the psalmist asks to be saved. Belonging to God is the ground of his plea for salvation.
Overview
The psalmist's simple confession 'I am yours' is the foundation of his appeal for rescue. He bases his hope not on his strength but on covenant ownership, evidenced by his pursuit of God's precepts. This anticipates the believer's assurance in Christ, that those who are His are held securely by the Savior who will lose none of His own (John 10:27-29; 1 Cor. 6:19-20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Zeph 3:17The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
- Isa 64:8–10But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
- Ps 86:2Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
- Ps 119:27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- Acts 27:23–24For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
- Isa 44:2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
- Isa 44:5One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
- Ps 119:173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
- Ps 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
- Josh 10:4–6Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- Isa 41:8–10But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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Christ at the center
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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