Psalms 119:174
I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
In Context
173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
175Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Psalms 119:162I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds 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 →