Psalms 119:175
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy decrees help me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
In Context
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delights.
Cross References
Psalms 30:9(30:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the grave? Shall the dust thank thee? shall it announce thy truth?
Psalms 118:18Severely hath the Lord chastised me; but unto death hath he not given me up.
Psalms 119:75I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living alone shall thank thee, like me this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
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 →