Psalms 119:153

“Consider mine affliction ... - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Resh (ר r), corresponding to our “r.” The prayer here is, that God would look upon his trial; that he would regard it as it really was; that he would not turn away from it, or pass it by, as if it were a trifle - a thing not worthy to claim his attention. See the notes at Psalms 9:13. For I do not forget thy law - I endeavor to be obedient, submissive, patient. As a suffering child of thine, I come to thee, and beseech thee to interpose and save me. return to 'Top of Page'”

“119:153-160 Resh (ר): This petition for life can be found throughout Ps 119, but it is concentrated in this stanza.”

“Consider: Psa 119:159, Psa 9:13, Psa 13:3, Psa 13:4, Psa 25:19; Exo 3:7, Exo 3:8; Neh 9:32; Lam 2:20, Lam 5:1 for I: Psa 119:16, Psa 119:98, Psa 119:109, Psa 119:141, Psa 119:176 Psalms 119:154”

“The eightfold Resh. Because God cannot suffer those who are faithful to His word to succumb, he supplicates His help against his persecutors. ריבה is Milra before the initial (half-guttural) Resh, as in Psa 43:1; Psa 74:22. The Lamed of לאמרתך is the Lamed of reference (with respect to Thine utterance), whether the reference be normative (= כאמרתך, Psa 119:58), as in Isa 11:3, or causal, Isa 25:2, Isa 55:5; Job 42:5. The predicate רחוק, like ישׂר in Psa 119:137, stands first in the primary, as yet indefinite form. Concerning Psa 119:156 vid., on Psa 119:149. At the sight of the faithless he felt a profound disgust; ואתקוטטה, pausal aorist, supply בּהם, Psa 139:21. It is all the same in the…”