Psalms 119:175
May I live my life in praise to you, and may your instructions help me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
In Context
174I long for your salvation, Lord; your teachings make me happy.
Cross References
Psalms 30:9What would you gain if I die, if I go down into the pit of death? Would my dust praise you? Would it tell of your trustworthiness?
Psalms 118:18Even though the Lord punished me severely, he did not let me die.
Psalms 119:75Lord, I know that what you decide is right; you brought me down in order to help me because you are trustworthy.
Isaiah 38:19It's only the living who can praise you as I'm doing today. Parents explain to their children how you can be trusted.
Romans 8:28We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, those whom he has called to be part of his plan.
2 Corinthians 4:17These trivial troubles we have only last for a little while, but they produce for us an ever-increasing degree 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 →