Psalms 119:124
Be good to your servant in your mercy, and give me teaching in your rules.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
In Context
123My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
125I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:20And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.
Psalms 51:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.\
Psalms 69:16\69:15\Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
Psalms 103:10He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
Psalms 119:26I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.
Psalms 119:76Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:124
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. David, being oppressed, is here waiting and wishing for the salvation of the Lord, which would make him easy. 1. He cannot but think that it comes slowly: My eyes fail for thy salvation. His eyes were towards it and had been long so. He looked for help from heaven (and we deceive ourselves if we look for it any other way), but it did not come so soon as he expected, so that his eyes began to fail, and he was sometimes ready to despair,… Read the whole commentary →