Psalms 119:175
Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
In Context
174All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
Cross References
Psalms 30:9\30:8\My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.
Psalms 118:18The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.
Psalms 119:75I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
Romans 8:28And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:174-175
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; and thy law is my delight. Here, 1. David prays that divine grace would work for him: Let thy hand help me. He finds his own hands are not sufficient for him, nor can any creature lend him a helping hand to any purpose; therefore he looks up to God in hopes that the hand that had made him would help him; for, if the Lord do not help us, whence can any creature help us? All our help must be expected from God's… Read the whole commentary →