Psalms 119:169
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
In Context
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.
170Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Only, Jehovah give thee wisdom and understanding, and place thee over Israel, and to keep the law of Jehovah thy God.
2 Chronicles 30:27And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
Proverbs 2:3yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
James 1:5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:168-169
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. David's conscience here witnesses for him, I. That his practices were good. 1. He loved God's testimonies, he loved them exceedingly. Our love to the word of God must be a superlative love (we must love it better than the wealth and pleasure of this world), and it must be a victorious love, such as will subdue and mortify our lusts and extirpate carnal affections.… Read the whole commentary →