🎵WEB · Psalms 119:38
What does Psalms 119:38 mean?
"Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared."
— Psalms 119:38 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
Explanation
Psalm 119:38 is a brief but weighty petition addressed to God: "Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared." In plain language, the psalmist is asking God to keep his word — to make good on what He has promised — and states that the purpose of this fulfillment is the deepening of reverent fear (awe, respect, worship) toward God. The psalmist identifies himself as God's "servant," a term of humble submission and cov
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