Psalms 119:171
I [MTY] will always praise you because you teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
In Context
170Hear me while I pray and rescue/save me as you promised/said that you would.
Cross References
Psalms 50:23The sacrifice that truly honors me is to thank me for what I have done; and I will save those who always do the things that I want them to.”
Psalms 71:17God, you have taught me many/those things ever since I was young, and I still tell people about your wonderful deeds.
Psalms 94:12Yahweh, you are pleased with people who want you to discipline/correct them, those who want you to teach them your laws.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:170-171
22. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord : give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. Here we have, I. A general petition for audience repeated: Let my cry come near before thee; and again, Let my supplication come before thee. He calls his prayer his cry, which denotes the fervency and vehemence of it, and his supplication, which denotes the humility of it. We must come to God as beggars come to our doors for an alms. He is… Read the whole commentary →