Psalms 119:78
Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
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77Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.
79Let those turn to me who revere you, that they may learn your charges.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it day and night.
Psalms 25:3None will be shamed who wait for you, but shame will fall upon wanton traitors.
Psalms 35:26Shame and confusion together on those who rejoice at my hurt! Clothed with shame and dishonor be those who are haughty to me!
Psalms 109:3they beset me with words of hatred, and fight without cause against me.
Psalms 119:21You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
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 →