Psalms 119:77
Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
In Context
76O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
78May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts day and night.
Psalms 119:16I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:24Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
Psalms 119:47I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
Lamentations 3:22It is of the mercy of Jehovah that we are not consumed; yea, his compassion faileth not;
Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and on their hearts will I write them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:77-78
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. Here is, 1. An earnest petition to God for his favour. Those that own the justice of God in their afflictions (as David had done, v. 75 ) may, in faith, and with humble boldness, be earnest for the mercy of God, and the tokens and fruits of that mercy, in their affliction. He prays for God's merciful kindness ( v. 76 ), his tender… Read the whole commentary →