Psalmen 119:79

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Dat zich tot mij wenden zij die u vrezen en uw voorschriften kennen.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Och, dat zich tot mij mochten keren wie U vrezen en uwe getuigenissen kennen.

Staten Vertaling
Laat hen tot mij keren, die U vrezen, en die Uw getuigenissen kennen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Let those: Psalms 119:63, Psalms 119:74, Psalms 7:7, Psalms 142:7

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let those that fear thee turn unto me,.... Whose companion he was fond of being, Psalms 119:63; There were some good men, it seems, that turned from him, took the part of his enemies, and sided with them against him, which was matter of grief to him. Some think this refers to the affair of Bathsheba; when some that feared the Lord, that had been familiar with him, did not choose to keep company with him, but abstained from his conversation, having so foully sinned, and brought forth dishonour to God and on his ways. Jarchi and Kimchi both make mention of this. Now this grieved David; and he desires of all things that they would turn to him again, and favour him with their company; who were the excellent in the earth, in whom was all his delight. The Targum is,

"turn to my doctrine;''

to hear it, receive it, profess it, and abide by it;

and those that have known thy testimonies; as such as fear the Lord do: they know them, and have a spiritual understanding of what they testify of; they know them, and love them, and delight in them; they know them, and own, acknowledge, and profess them; they know them, and keep, and observe them; and an excellent character this is.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let those that fear thee turn unto me - Let thy friends be my friends. Let them show me favor, and count me among their companions. If the great and the powerful turn away from me; if they persecute me, and do me wrong; if they cast out my name as evil, and are unwilling to associate with me, yet let thy friends, however poor and humble, regard me with kindness, and reckon me among their number, and I shall be satisfied.

And those that have known thy testimonies - Thy law. Those who can see and appreciate the beauty of thy commandments. This is the ground of true friendship in religion - the common love of God, of his law, and of his service. This is a permanent ground of affection. All friendship founded on earthly distinctions; all derived from titled birth - from rank - from affluence - from civil, military, or naval renown - from beauty, strength, or nobleness of form - must be temporary; but that which is founded on attachment to God, to his law, and to the Saviour, will abide forever.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:79. Let those that fear thee — The truly pious.

Turn unto me — Seeing thy work upon me, they shall acknowledge me as a brand plucked from the burning.