Vs. 154 — Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

When we feel ourselves dumb before the foe, here is a prayer made to our hand. What a comfort that if we sin we have an advocate, and if we do not sin the same pleader is engaged on our side. “Quicken me.” We had this prayer in the last section, and we shall have it again and again in this. It is a desire which cannot be too often felt and expressed. As the soul is the centre of everything, so to be quickened is the central blessing. It means more love, more grace, more faith, more courage, more strength, and if we get these we can hold up our heads before our adversaries. God alone can give this quickening; but to the Lord and giver of life the work is easy enough, and he delights to perform it. “According to thy word.” David had found such a blessing among the promised things, or at least he perceived that it was according to the general tenor of God’s word that tried believers should be quickened and brought up again from the dust of the earth; therefore he pleads the word, and desires the Lord to act to him according to the usual run of that word. What a mighty plea is this—“according to thy word.” No gun in all our arsenals can match it. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 414). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

You, my Father God, are my help, my redeemer. Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word. Jesus is my advocate and propitiation before the holy throne of God. I rest in Him. Stir my soul to the matters of Your kingdom, to walk in the light as He is in the light, and to delight in all things of the light. I ask that your dealings with all of Your servants be in accordance with the promises of Your word.