Psalms 119:173
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
In Context
172My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
Cross References
Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
1 Kings 3:11So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
Psalms 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Psalms 119:94I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
Psalms 119:117Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:173
172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. Observe here, 1. The good knowledge David had of the word of God; he knew it so well that he was ready to own, with the utmost satisfaction, that all God's commandments are not only righteous, but righteousness itself, the rule and standard of righteousness. 2. The good use he resolved to make of that knowledge: My tongue shall speak of thy word, not only utter praise for it to the glory of God, but discourse of it for the… Read the whole commentary →