Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Parallel translations
- WEB Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- BSB For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- NKJV Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake! For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
- NASB For the sake of Your name, Lord, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
- NLT For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
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Quick answer
David asks God to revive him for His name's sake and bring him out of trouble in His righteousness. It appeals to God's glory as the ground of deliverance.
Overview
David grounds his plea for renewed life and rescue not in his worthiness but in God's name and righteousness. God acts to deliver for the sake of His own glory and faithfulness. This God-centered logic of salvation reaches its height in Christ, in whom God displays His righteousness and saves to the praise of His glory (Ephesians 1:6).
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Cross-references · 19
- Ps 31:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
- Eph 2:4–5But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- Ps 71:2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
- Ps 119:25My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
- Ps 25:11For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- Rev 7:14–17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
- Ps 138:7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
- Ps 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
- Hab 3:2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
- Ps 91:15–16He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
- Ps 85:6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
- Ps 25:17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
- Ps 119:107I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
- Ps 37:39–40But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
- Ps 143:1Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
- Ps 119:88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
- Ps 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
- Ps 9:7–8But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
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