dust. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the dead, as in Psa_30:9. Ecc_12:7.
Quicken . . . me = Give me life, or keep me alive. The first of nine prayers for quickening (Imperative), verses: Psa_119:37, Psa_119:40, Psa_119:88, Psa_119:107, Psa_119:149, Psa_119:154, Psa_119:156, Psa_119:159. Twice as a statement of fact, verses: Psa_119:50, Psa_119:93.
word. As in Psa_119:9; but some codices read ' words" (plural)