Published July 31st, 2017
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Revive me according to Your tender mercies, O Lord, because I do seek You.
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Psalms 119:153-160
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Consider my affliction
and deliver me ,
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For I do not forget Your law .
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Plead my cause
and redeem me ;
Revive me
according to Your word .
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Salvation is far from the wicked ,
For they do not seek Your statutes .
alternative
Great are Your tender mercies , O Lord ;
Revive me
according to Your judgments .
inference
Many are my persecutors
and my enemies ,
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Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies .
concessive
I see the treacherous ,
and am disgusted,
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Because they do not keep Your word .
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Consider how I love Your precepts ;
Revive me , O Lord ,
according to Your loving kindness .
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The entirety of Your word is truth ,
And every one of Your righteous judgments
endures forever .
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Plead: Fight for me
Redeem: deliver
Antithetical, built with synonymous and chiasmic structure: a-b-a-b-a Positive "a" . The one who seeks God in His Word Synonymous: - I do not forget Your law - I do not turn from Your testimonies Contrast Negative "b" . The one who despises God and His Word Synonymous: - they do not seek Your statues - they do not keep Your word Chiasmic: The middle "a" is the main point: a-b- a -b-a
Synonymous: - deliver me - plead my cause - redeem me - revive me
Synthetic: 1. Your entire Word is truth 2. Your Word endures forever Synonymous: - word of truth - righteous judgments
Synonymous: - Your law - Your statues - Your testimonies - Your precepts All these synonyms for "God's Word" are grounded in verse 160: His Word is true in its entirety and it will last forever.
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Verse 153-159 Antithetical, with build in synonymous and chiastic structure: a-b-a-b-a Positive "a" . The one who seeks God in His Word Synonyms: - I do not forget Your law - I do not turn from Your testimonies Negative c ontrast "b" . The one who despises God and His Word Synonyms: - they do not seek Your statues - they do not keep Your word Chiasm: The middle "a" is the main point: a-b- a -b-a "Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments." Further synonyms: - Your law - Your statues - Your testimonies - Your precepts All these synonyms for 'God's Word' are grounded in verse 160: His Word is true in its entirety and it will last forever. Verse 160 Synthetic: 1. Your entire Word is truth 2. Your Word endures forever