The Nugget:
Psalm 119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
My Comment:
The saints love the Scriptures exceedingly (The New Topical Textbook, topic “The Scriptures,” page 240). By “saints” is meant ordinary Bible-believing Christians. The Psalmist is a model for all true Christians to follow. Every Christian ought to love God’s Word as it is exclusively found in the Bible. The Psalmist expressed his great love for God’s written word. The Psalmist prayed for God to “quicken” him. That word is not used in ordinary spoken English today, for the most part. Perhaps it would be considered a “religious word.” What it means is, the Psalmist in his prayer to God was asking God to grant him spiritual life, spiritual revival, according to God’s lovingkindness. We really do need to approach God in prayer on the right basis. The right basis has nothing to do with what name is over the church door where we worship each Sunday. It really has nothing to do at all with whether we worship God in a church building at all. The Psalmist approached God on the basis of His lovingkindness or mercy. He did not approach God on the basis of how many good works he was doing. The Psalmist knew that we are saved not by works, but by grace. In order to reach the place where we love God’s written word in the Bible like the Psalmist did, we need to follow his example and spend more time in God’s Word by reading it regularly for ourselves. Begin right now by considering the set of cross references I just collected for the keyword lovingkindness given below. If you can read that set of cross references and not be bursting with deeper love for God and His written word in the Bible, you need to repent and give your life to God!
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 634 for Psalm 119:159.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 678 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 119:159.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
Psalm 119:159. Consider. ver. Ps 119:97, 153, 167. Ps 40:8. 2 K 20:3. Ne 5:19. 13:22. Jb 1:8. Mt 5:6. quicken. ver. +Ps 119:25, 40, 88, 154. Ga 5:17. thy lovingkindness. or, mercy. ver. Ps 119:41, 64, 76, 88, 124, 149. Ps 5:7. 13:5. 18:50. 21:7. *Ps 23:6. 25:5, 7, 10. 26:3. 31:7. 32:10. 33:18, 22. 36:7, 10. 40:10, 17. 42:8. 51:1. 66:20. 85:10. 89:1. 103:3, 4, 8, 11, 17. 107:43. 136:1. 138:2, 8. 143:8. 145:8. 147:11. +**Is 55:3. Lk 18:13. +Ep 2:4.
psm 119.159 Consider how I love Thy precepts; Revive me, O Lord, according to
thy Lovingkindness
encouraging cross refs( the best commentary on the bible is the bible)
1. 119.97 O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
2. 119.153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, For i do not forget Thy law.
3. 2ki 20.3 Remeber now, O Lord, I beseech Thee, how I have walked before Thee
in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4. neh. 5.19 Remember me, O my God, for good, according to all that i have done
for this people.
5. neh. 5.22 And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and
come as gatekeepers to sanctify the sabbath day. For this also remember me, O my
God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Thy lovingkindness.
6. 119.88 Revive me according to Thy lovingkindness, So that i may keep the testimony of Thy mouth.