Psalms 119:40 (YLT)

Passage

Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:38 Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That <FI>is<Fi> concerning Thy fear.

Psalms 119:39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments <FI>are<Fi> good.

Psalms 119:40 Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

Psalms 119:41 <FI> Waw.<Fi> And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.

Psalms 119:42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "longed", "precepts", "righteousness", "quicken", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "longed" and "precepts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "Remove my reproach that I have feared..." into verse 41's "FI Waw Fi And meet me doth...", so "longed" and "precepts" 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 "longed" and "precepts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.