I am yours; rescue me! For I have worked hard at obeying your commandments.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
- KJV I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy 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.
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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 3:17Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
- Isa 64:8–10But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
- Ps 86:2Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
- Ps 119:27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
- Acts 27:23–24For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
- Isa 44:2This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- Isa 44:5One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
- Ps 119:173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
- Ps 119:40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW
- Josh 10:4–6“Come up to me and help me. Let us strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
- Isa 41:8–10“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring 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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