Psalms 119:42
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, || For I have trusted in Your word.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
In Context
41[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, || Your salvation according to Your saying.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:12When your days are full, and you have lain with your fathers, then I have raised up your seed after you which goes out from your bowels, and have established his kingdom;
2 Samuel 19:18And the ferry-boat has passed over to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which [is] good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera has fallen before the king in his passing over into the Jordan,
Psalms 3:2Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah.
Psalms 56:4In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, || I do not fear what flesh does to me.
Psalms 71:10For my enemies have spoken against me, || And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
Psalms 109:25And I have been a reproach to them, || They see me, they shake their head.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:42-43
6. VAU. 41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord , even thy salvation, according to thy word. 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. Here is, 1. David's prayer for the salvation of the Lord. "Lord, thou art my Saviour; I am miserable in myself, and thou only canst make me happy; let thy salvation come to me. Hasten temporal salvation to me from my present distresses, and hasten me to the eternal salvation, by giving me the necessary qualifications for it and… Read the whole commentary →