Psalms 119:77
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
In Context
76Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms 119:16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
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;
Lamentations 3:22It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
Hebrews 8:10Because this [is] the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and *they* shall be to me for 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 →