Psalms 119:77
May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
In Context
76May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
78May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My 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 →