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Psalm 119:175
Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.
175Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
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“Let my soul live” makes continued life a matter of dependence on God, with praise as its purpose and God’s ordinances as help.
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Psalm 21:4He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.Both passages speak of asking God for life; Psalm 21 recounts the gift, while Psalm 119 voices the request.
Isaiah 55:3Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.Both passages connect the soul’s life with turning to God and receiving what he speaks.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.Both passages connect being alive with praising God: the psalm asks for life, and Isaiah describes the living offering praise.
Psalm 67:3let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.Both prayers seek praise directed to God, one from the speaker and the other from all peoples.
Psalm 51:14–15Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.Both prayers ask God for help with praise in view; Psalm 51 names deliverance from bloodshed’s guilt.
Genesis 19:20See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.”Both speakers plead that their soul may live, though Genesis concerns escape to a nearby city and the psalm seeks life for praise.
Psalm 119:43Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.God’s ordinances are the shared ground of dependence: one prayer seeks their help, while the other declares hope in them.
Isaiah 26:8–9Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.Both passages turn toward God with regard for his judgments or ordinances and a desire that his name receive honor.
Romans 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.The shared thread is God’s help: the psalm requests it, while Romans speaks of all things working for good for those who love God.
1 Corinthians 11:31–32For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.The connection is limited: the psalm seeks help through God’s ordinances, while Paul speaks of discerning oneself and avoiding judgment.
Leviticus 20:22“‘You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out.Both texts connect God’s ordinances with continued life, though Leviticus addresses Israel’s dwelling in the land and the psalm asks for personal help.
2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,The overlap is broad: the psalm looks toward life spent praising God, while Paul looks beyond present affliction toward eternal glory.
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Your need for help has a place in a life of praise. The psalmist asks God for life and asks for help through his ordinances.
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