Psalms 119:41
VAU Let your mercies come to me, O Lord, even your salvation, as you have said.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
In Context
40See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
42So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.
Cross References
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 119:50This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
Psalms 119:76Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.
Psalms 119:123My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
Psalms 119:174All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:41
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. Here, 1. David professes the ardent affection he had to the word of God: " I have longed after thy precepts, not only loved them, and delighted in what I have already attained, but I have earnestly desired to know them more and do them better, and am still pressing forward towards perfection." Tastes of the sweetness of God's precepts will but set us a longing after a more intimate acquaintance with them. He appeals to God concerning… Read the whole commentary →