Psalms 119:175
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
In Context
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Cross References
Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms 118:18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.
Psalms 119:75I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Romans 8:28And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
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 →