Psalms 119:122 (WEB)

Passage

Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

Psalms 119:121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

Psalms 119:122 Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

Psalms 119:123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

Psalms 119:124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ensure", "servant", "well-being", "proud", and "oppress". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ensure" and "servant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 121's "I have done what is just and..." into verse 123's "My eyes fail looking for your salvation...", so "ensure" and "servant" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "ensure" and "servant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.