Psalms 119:146
I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
In Context
145I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
147I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Cross References
Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Psalms 119:134Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:146-147
19. KOPH. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord : I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. Here we have, I. David's good prayers, by which he sought to God for mercy; these he mentions here, not as boasting of them, or trusting to any merit in them, but reflecting upon them with comfort, that he had taken the appointed way to comfort. Observe here, 1. That he was inward with God in prayer; he prayed with his heart, and prayer is acceptable no further… Read the whole commentary →