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Psalm 119:88

Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH

86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
87They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
88Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH
89LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
90Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
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Notice

“Preserve my life” is a plea under threat, with God's loving kindness as its ground and continued obedience as its hope.

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Where else Scripture says this

4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 119:25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!Both prayers ask God for life amid distress, linking that plea with the word he has spoken.
Psalm 25:10All the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.Both passages connect God's loving kindness with a life shaped by keeping what he has commanded.
Psalm 119:40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAVBoth verses join a plea for life with a desire to follow God's commands.
Psalm 119:159Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.Both prayers appeal to God's loving kindness for life and express devotion to his commands.
Where this verse fits

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One step

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Pray for help to obey one known command

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Encouragement

The danger in these lines is real. The psalmist appeals to God's loving kindness for life, and his desire to obey God's word survives the threat.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).