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Psalms 119 - Resh.

Look at my suffering and deliver me 
because I havent forgotten your Instruction.
Argue my case and redeem me. 
Make me live again by your word.  
...
You have so much compassion, LORD - make me live again, according to your rules.  
...
Look at how much I love your precepts. 
Make me live again, LORD, according to your faithful love!  

Psalms 119:153-160 CEB
I love the way the CEB has phrased this..."make me live again".
Three times in this passage this phrase is repeated "make me live again".
Why does the psalmist need to say this?
Because he feels like his life is over. 
He feels dead. 
Maybe you've never felt like that but the writer of this song has, the opening line is "look at my suffering", and a cry to be redeemed, rescued, brought back.
Suffering can make us feel dead.
The psalmist looks for three things to help him come back to "life"
God's word
His rules for living
His Faithful Love
He knows that Truth will bring life.
He knows that living in line with God's design will bring Life.
And he knows that when he holds to Faithful Love, that he is in fact Beloved, that will bring him back to Life. 
Even in suffering, there can be Life. 
Even when we don't feel alive, 
our God is Faithful Love, & we are Beloved.
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