Psalms 119:174
I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, || And Your law [is] my delight.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
In Context
173Your hand is for a help to me, || For I have chosen Your commands.
175My soul lives, and it praises You, || And Your judgments help me.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
Psalms 1:2But his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, || And in His law he meditates by day and by night:
Psalms 119:24Your testimonies [are] also my delight, || The men of my counsel!
Psalms 119:47And I delight myself in Your commands, || That I have loved,
Psalms 119:81[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, || I have hoped for Your word.
Psalms 119:162I rejoice concerning Your saying, || As one finding abundant spoil.
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 →