Psalms 119:174
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
In Context
173Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
Psalms 119:81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
Psalms 119:162I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
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 →