Psalms 119:77
Let thy tender mercies come to me that I may live, for thy law is my delight.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
In Context
76Let, I pray thee, thy loving kindness be for my comfort according to thy word to thy servant.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes. I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counselors.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Lamentations 3:22[It is of] LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions do not fail.
Hebrews 8:10Because this is the covenant that I will ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says Lord, giving my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be to them for a God, and they will be to me fo
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:77-78
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. Here is, 1. An earnest petition to God for his favour. Those that own the justice of God in their afflictions (as David had done, v. 75 ) may, in faith, and with humble boldness, be earnest for the mercy of God, and the tokens and fruits of that mercy, in their affliction. He prays for God's merciful kindness ( v. 76 ), his tender… Read the whole commentary →