Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:149
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
149. according to thy judgment ] Or, ordinance, “the gracious rule of action Thou hast laid down for Thyself; Thy method of dealing with those that seek Thee early” (Kay). P.B.V. and R.V. marg. as thou art wont take mishp (‘judgement’) to mean rule, custom. Cp. A.V. of Psa 119:132. The LXX, Targ. and Jer. support the singular, but if the plural be read, according to the Massoretic vocalisation, as in Psa 119:156, the sense will not differ greatly. Thy judgements will mean the various examples of God’s rule of action which declare His will to preserve the life of His servants.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Hear my voice, according unto thy loving-kindness – According to thy mercy; thy goodness. Let that be the rule in answering me; not my deserts, or even the fervour of my prayers. We can desire no better rule in answer to our prayers.
O Lord, quicken me – Give me life; cause me truly to live. See the notes at Psa 119:40.
According to thy judgment – Thy law as a rule of judgment; thy revealed truth, with all its gracious promises.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
According to thy word, which is oft called Gods judgment; or, according to thy custom or manner of dealing with me and with others of thy people; as this word is taken above, Psa 119:132.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
149. quicken merevive myheart according to those principles of justice, founded on Thine ownnature, and revealed in Thy law, which specially set forth Thy mercyto the humble as well as justice to the wicked (compare Ps119:30).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness,…. Not according to his own merits and deserts, or works of righteousness done by him, for the sake of which he did not present his supplications to God; nor according to his love to him, which often waxed cold, and he in a poor lukewarm frame of spirit; but according to the lovingkindness of God, which is always the same, and which is a great encouragement to faith and hope in prayer; that since God is gracious and merciful, kind and bountiful, plenteous in mercy, and ready to forgive, on a throne of grace, and full of love, yea, love itself, invariably the same, he will hear, and saints shall find grace and mercy to help them in time of need;
O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment; either according to his word of promise, or according to his manner and wonted method he used towards his people; see Ps 119:25; This is a prayer, not for the first work of quickening grace, or the first implantation of a principle of spiritual life, which the psalmist had had an experience of; but for the reviving of the work and principle in him, that he might be refreshed and comforted, and be animated and stirred up to a lively exercise of grace and performance of duty: finding himself in dead and lifeless frames, and not able to quicken himself.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Here, 1. David applies to God for grace and comfort with much solemnity. He begs of God to hear his voice: “Lord, I have something to say to thee; shall I obtain a gracious audience?” Well, what has he to say? What is his petition and what is his request? It is not long, but it has much in a little: “Lord, quicken me; stir me up to that which is good, and make me vigorous, and lively, and cheerful in it. Let habits of grace be drawn out into act.” 2. He encourages himself to hope that he shall obtain his request; for he depends, (1.) Upon God’s lovingkindness: “He is good, therefore he will be good to me, who hope in his mercy. His lovingkindness manifested to me will help to quicken me, and put life into me.” (2.) Upon God’s judgment, that is, his wisdom (“He knows what I need, and what is good for me, and therefore will quicken me”), or his promise, the word which he has spoken, mercy secured by the new covenant: Quicken me according to the tenour of that covenant.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
149. Hear my voice, O Jehovah! according to thy mercy. In the first place he declares, that the goodness of God was the only ground of his hope of being heard by him. Whatever blessings the saints may plead for in prayer, their opening argument must be the free and unmerited grace of God. Nor is the term judgments (22) in the second clause to be taken in a different sense. As God has revealed his goodness in his word, his word is the source from which we must derive our assurance of his goodness. The Prophet, then, sensible that he had need of the divine mercy, betook himself directly to the word, in which God, sweetly alluring men to himself, promises that his grace will be ready and open for all. That each, therefore, may be confidently persuaded that God will be merciful to him in particular, let him learn from the example of the Prophet to entreat God to show himself such as he has promised to be. Some expound the word judgments by manner or custom; (23) because, God’s usual way is to deal graciously with all his people. I would not altogether reject this exposition; but I think it is harsh and foreign to the scope of the text, while the meaning which I have adduced comes out very naturally. Moreover, he desires to be quickened, to testify that even in the, midst of life he is dead, except in so far as he is sustained by the power of God. And assuredly, all who are duly acquainted with their own infirmity, esteeming their life as nothing, will crave to be quickened every moment. It is also to be added, that God often so exercised his servant, that with good reason he might send up his prayers, as it were, out of the sepulcher, to be restored from death to life.
(22) By “judgments,” Calvin means “God’s Word,” as the reader will observe from what follows.
(23) Walford translates, “Revive me, e Jehovah! according to thy wonted manner.”
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(149) According to Thy judgment.See Note, Psa. 119:132. We must certainly here give the Hebrew noun the meaning of a custom, which it bears there. (Comp. Prayer Book version, according as Thou art wont.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Ver. 149. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness ] Showed heretofore to others of thy servants, and to me frequently.
Quicken me according to thy judgment
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Hear. Emphatic = O do hear.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Hear: Psa 5:2, Psa 5:3, Psa 55:2, Psa 64:1
according unto: Psa 51:1, Psa 69:16, Psa 109:21, Isa 63:7
quicken me: Psa 119:25, Psa 119:40, Psa 119:154, Psa 119:156
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 119:149-150. O Lord, quicken me Stir me up to love and serve thee, and make me vigorous, lively, and cheerful in thy work; according to thy judgment According to thy word, which is often called Gods judgment; or, according to thy manner of dealing with thy people. They draw nigh To me. They are at hand, and ready to seize upon me; that follow after mischief Or rather, as may, perhaps, be more properly rendered, that pursue me with malicious subtlety. They are far from thy law They cast away from them all thoughts of, and respect to, thy law, which forbids such wicked practices.