Psalms 119:77
Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
In Context
76Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.
78Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it day and night.
Psalms 119:16In your statutes I delight, I will not forget your word.
Psalms 119:24Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
Psalms 119:47Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
Hebrews 8:10“This is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will impress my laws on their minds, and will inscribe them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my 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 →