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Psalm 119:125
I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
125I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.
127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
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“I am your servant” comes before the request for understanding, showing that serving God still includes needing his help to know his word.
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Psalm 119:73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.Both prayers ask, “Give me understanding,” seeking to learn God's word as someone who belongs to him.
Psalm 116:16LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.Both speakers name themselves God's servant; Psalm 116 speaks of freedom from chains, while Psalm 119 asks for understanding.
James 3:13–17Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.Both value understanding: the psalm asks to know God's testimonies, while James asks the wise to show good conduct.
James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.The psalm asks God for understanding, and James directs anyone lacking wisdom to ask God, who gives without reproach.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.Both concern understanding: the psalm seeks knowledge of God's testimonies, while Proverbs describes the prudent person thinking about his way.
Psalm 119:34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.Both ask God for understanding, linking that gift with knowing his testimonies in one prayer and wholehearted obedience in the other.
2 Corinthians 3:5–6not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,The servant asks God to supply understanding, while Paul says that sufficiency comes from God.
Matthew 1:20But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to …The link is limited: the psalm asks God for understanding; Matthew describes Joseph receiving an explanation through an angel.
Psalm 119:95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.Both express a resolve to attend to God's word, through seeking to know his testimonies and considering his statutes.
2 Timothy 2:7Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.Both look to the Lord to give understanding, directed toward God's testimonies in the psalm and Paul's words in Timothy.
Romans 6:22But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.Both describe belonging to God as servants; Romans connects that service with freedom from sin, sanctification, and eternal life.
Proverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.Both connect understanding with knowing what concerns God: his testimonies in the psalm and the Holy One himself in Proverbs.
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You do not need to conceal what you have yet to understand. God's servant asks him for understanding, with the aim of knowing his testimonies.
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