Psalms 119:174
I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
In Context
173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
175Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I have waited for your salvation, LORD.
Psalms 1:2but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counsellors.
Psalms 119:47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
Psalms 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
Psalms 119:162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:174-175
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; and thy law is my delight. Here, 1. David prays that divine grace would work for him: Let thy hand help me. He finds his own hands are not sufficient for him, nor can any creature lend him a helping hand to any purpose; therefore he looks up to God in hopes that the hand that had made him would help him; for, if the Lord do not help us, whence can any creature help us? All our help must be expected from God's… Read the whole commentary →