Psalms 119:146
I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
In Context
145KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep.
147I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.
Cross References
Psalms 119:2Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart.
Psalms 119:134Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:146-147
19. KOPH. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord : I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. Here we have, I. David's good prayers, by which he sought to God for mercy; these he mentions here, not as boasting of them, or trusting to any merit in them, but reflecting upon them with comfort, that he had taken the appointed way to comfort. Observe here, 1. That he was inward with God in prayer; he prayed with his heart, and prayer is acceptable no further… Read the whole commentary →