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Psalms 119:149 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 149. 149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 119:149: The petition “Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness” belongs to the prayer “Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Qoph stanza,” not to an isolated command.
Qoph is a whole-heart cry that gets up before the dawn
This verse is one part of that explanation in Psalms 119:145–152. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Psalms 119:145–152
- Psalms 119:1–176
Read Psalms 119:149 with 119:145–152 and 119:1–176. Read alone, “Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 119:145–152, the individual voice carries the movement “Qoph stanza” as part of “Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah.” Its acrostic-torah-prayer form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 119:145–152 continues “Tsadhe stanza” within Psalm 119 by carrying “Qoph stanza.” The turn from “The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live” to “I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes” explains why this movement occurs here. Within that relationship, Psalm 119:149 directs a petition or address toward God in “Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness” rather than turning the line into a command against another person.
What Remains True
Book V gives Psalm 119:149 a larger home, while “Qoph stanza” supplies its immediate one. Psalm 119:149 directs a petition or address toward God in “Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness” rather than turning the line into a command against another person. Therefore, Wisdom is formed through sustained attention to the LORD's instruction and embodied choices, not through a formula that guarantees ease or status. The local movement is “Qoph stanza.” The unit's reviewed limit is: Torah devotion includes lament, persecution, and dependence; it is not legalistic self-salvation, a promise of ease, or permission to impose coercive rule-keeping.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Psalms 119:145–152 — Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Qoph stanzaSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
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Exact location: Psalms 119:145–152, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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