King James Version
Psalms 119:154 in the King James Version says “Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.”
Psalms 119:154 · KJV
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. Great: or, Many
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Plead”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
“and deliver”
H1350to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
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