Mazmur 119:25

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Jiwaku melekat kepada debu, hidupkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Jiwaku melekat kepada debu, hidupkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bahwa jiwaku lekat pada abu; hidupkan kiranya aku setuju dengan firman-Mu.

Contextual Overview

²⁵ My soule cleaueth to the dust: reuiue thou me accordyng to thy worde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

soul: Psalms 22:15, Psalms 44:25, Isaiah 65:25, Matthew 16:23, Romans 7:22-24, Philippians 3:19, Colossians 3:2

quicken: Psalms 119:37, Psalms 119:40, Psalms 119:88, Psalms 119:93, Psalms 119:107, Psalms 119:149, Psalms 119:156, Psalms 119:159, Psalms 71:20, Psalms 80:18, Psalms 143:11, Romans 8:2, Romans 8:3

according: Deuteronomy 30:6, 2 Samuel 7:27-29

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:50 - for thy Psalms 119:154 - quicken Matthew 26:41 - the spirit Romans 7:14 - but Galatians 5:17 - the flesh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

d DALETH.--The Fourth Part.

Ver. 25. DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust,.... Either to the dust of death, having the sentence of it; being almost in despair of life, upon the brink of the grave seemingly, and free among the dead: or in a very low estate of mind, in great dejection and humiliation, rolling himself in the dust, and putting his mouth in it; if there might be any hope of deliverance; but despairing of it, unless the Lord appeared; or finding a proneness in him to the corruption of nature, the body of sin and death, which was very powerful and prevalent, ensnaring and captivating; and particularly to worldly things, comparable to dust, for their lightness, emptiness, and unprofitableness; which often have an undue influence on good men, and to which their affections are too much glued; and which greatly affect the exercise of grace and religious duties, and bring a deadness upon the soul, and make the following: petition necessary:

quicken thou me according to thy word; such who are quickened together with Christ, and who are quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, have often need to be quickened again, and to have the work of grace revived in them; which is done when grace is drawn forth into lively exercise, and which is necessary to the performance of duty; and this is done both by means of the word of God, which, as it is used for the quickening dead sinners, so for the reviving of drooping saints; see Psalms 119:50. And according to his word of promise, who has promised never to leave his people, nor forsake the work of his hand, but perform it until the day of Christ; Jarchi and Kimchi think reference is had to the promise in 2 Samuel 12:13; and Aben Ezra to Deuteronomy 32:39.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul cleaveth unto the dust - This commences a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the “fourth” letter of the Hebrew alphabet - Daleth (ד d), equivalent to the English “d.” There is nothing in the sense to separate it from the other parts of the psalm. The word rendered “cleaveth” means to be glued to; to stick fast. It has the sense of adhering firmly to anything, so that it cannot easily be separated from it. Compare the notes at Psalms 63:8. The word “dust” here may mean either the earth, and earthly things, considered as low, base, unworthy, worldly; or it may mean the grave, as if he were near to that, and in danger of dying. DeWette understands it in the latter sense. Compare Psalms 44:25; Psalms 22:29. Yet the word cleave would hardly suggest this idea; and the force of that word would be better represented by the idea that his soul, as it were, adhered to the things of earth; that it seemed to be so fastened to them - so glued to them - that it could not be detached from them; that his affections were low, earthly, grovelling, so as to give him deep distress, and to lead him to cry to God for life and strength that he might break away from them. This expresses what is often felt by good people, and thus presents one of the forms of religious experience. Compare Romans 7:14-15.

Quicken thou me - Cause me to live; give me vigor and strength to break away from this which binds me fast, and to rise above these low propensities.

According to thy word - That is, either according to thy promises made to thy people to aid them when they are in distress; or, according to the principles of thy word, that I may live as thy word requires. Who has not found his soul so cleaving to dust - to earth - to worldly things - as to feel himself degraded by it, and to lead him to cry out with earnestness that God would give him strength, life, vigor, that his soul might rise to better things?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

LETTER ד DALETH. - Fourth Division

Verse Psalms 119:25. My soul cleaveth unto the dust — It would be best to translate נפשי naphshi, my life; and then cleaving to the dust may imply an apprehension of approaching death; and this agrees best with the petition.

Quicken thou me — חיני chaiyeni, "make me alive." Keep me from going down into the dust.