Psalms 119:77
Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.
Bible in Basic English
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 your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
Psalms 119:16I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
Psalms 119:24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Psalms 119:47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
Lamentations 3:22It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
Hebrews 8:10For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:
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 →