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Psalm 143:11

Revive me, LORD, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

9Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11Revive me, LORD, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.
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“Revive me” joins a plea for life with an appeal to God’s name and righteousness, while the speaker remains in trouble.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.Both prayers ask God to bring the speaker’s soul out of distress, linking that rescue with God’s name.
Psalm 119:25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!Both plead for God to revive the speaker, one appealing to his word and the other to his name.
Psalm 71:2Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.Both prayers appeal to God’s righteousness as the ground for asking him to deliver someone in need.
Psalm 31:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.Both speakers ask the LORD for deliverance in his righteousness, trusting him with their need for rescue.
Ephesians 2:4–5But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,The shared thread is God’s character: the psalm appeals to his righteousness, while Ephesians names his mercy and love.
Isaiah 48:9For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.God’s name grounds the appeal for life in the psalm and his stated restraint from cutting off his people in Isaiah.
Revelation 7:14–17I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s …The psalm asks to be brought out of trouble; Revelation describes people who have come out of great suffering.
Micah 6:5My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous …Both name the LORD’s righteousness: the psalm appeals to it, and Micah urges remembrance of his righteous acts.
Job 3:26I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”Trouble remains present in both texts, though the psalm asks for rescue and Job describes his lack of rest.
Habakkuk 3:2LORD, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In …Both address the LORD with pleas for renewal, the psalm seeking revived life and Habakkuk asking God to renew his work.
Where this verse fits

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Encouragement

You do not have to soften your plea for help. This prayer asks for life and rescue on the strength of God’s own name and righteousness.

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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).