Psalms 119:58
I appeased Your face with the whole heart, || Favor me according to Your saying.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
In Context
57[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
59I have reckoned my ways, || And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
Cross References
Job 11:19And you have rested, || And none is causing trembling, || And many have begged [at] your face;
Psalms 27:8My heart said to You, “They sought my face, || Your face, O YHWH, I seek.”
Psalms 56:4In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, || I do not fear what flesh does to me.
Psalms 86:1A PRAYER OF DAVID. Incline, O YHWH, Your ear, || Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy.
Psalms 119:41[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, || Your salvation according to Your saying.
Psalms 119:76Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, || According to Your saying to Your servant.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:58
8. CHETH. 57 Thou art my portion, O Lord : I have said that I would keep thy words. We may hence gather the character of a godly man. 1. He makes the favour of God his felicity: Thou art my portion, O Lord! Others place their happiness in the wealth and honours of this world. Their portion is in this life; they look no further; they desire no more; these are their good things, Luke xvi. 25 . But all that are sanctified take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance and their cup, and nothing less will satisfy… Read the whole commentary →