Psalms 119:173
Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
In Context
172My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
174I long, Lord, for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
Cross References
Joshua 24:15If you are unwilling to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve, either the gods your ancestors served on the east of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Psalms 37:24Though they fall, they will not be cast headlong, for the Lord holds their hands.
Psalms 119:35Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
Psalms 119:94I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.
Psalms 119:117Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
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 →