Psalms 119:124
Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
In Context
123My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise.
125I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:20And thy good spirit thou gavest to make them intelligent, and thy manna thou withheldest not from their mouth, and water thou gavest them for their thirst.
Psalms 51:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David, (51:2) When Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in unto Bath-sheba'.” (51:3) Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy kindness: according to the greatness of thy mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 69:16(69:17) Answer me, O Lord; for thy kindness is good: according to the multitude of thy mercies turn thou unto me.
Psalms 103:10Not in accordance with our sins hath he dealt with us; nor according to our iniquities hath he requited us.
Psalms 119:26My ways do I relate [to thee], and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms 119:76Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:124
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. David, being oppressed, is here waiting and wishing for the salvation of the Lord, which would make him easy. 1. He cannot but think that it comes slowly: My eyes fail for thy salvation. His eyes were towards it and had been long so. He looked for help from heaven (and we deceive ourselves if we look for it any other way), but it did not come so soon as he expected, so that his eyes began to fail, and he was sometimes ready to despair,… Read the whole commentary →