Psalms 119:159 meaning and explanation

Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

Psalms 119:159, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a faithful worshipper who has spent the whole psalm asking God to teach him, revive him and defend him against arrogant opponents who slander and persecute him. Here he asks God simply to look and see: to notice, not his achievements, but his love for God's precepts.

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