Psalms 119:170
Let my supplication come before thee: according to thy promise do thou deliver me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
In Context
169TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding.
171My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:25And now, O Eternal God, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, stand firm for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
Psalms 31:2(31:3) Bend unto me thy ear; speedily deliver me: be thou unto me as a rock of protection, as a mountain strong-hold to save me.
Psalms 119:41VAV. And let thy kindness come unto me, O Lord, thy salvation, according to thy promise.
Jeremiah 37:20Yet now, do but hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let me offer my humble supplication, I pray thee, before thee, that thou wilt not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:170-171
22. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord : give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. Here we have, I. A general petition for audience repeated: Let my cry come near before thee; and again, Let my supplication come before thee. He calls his prayer his cry, which denotes the fervency and vehemence of it, and his supplication, which denotes the humility of it. We must come to God as beggars come to our doors for an alms. He is… Read the whole commentary →