Psalms 119:78
Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
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In Context
77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:17He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
Psalms 1:2but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
Psalms 35:26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour who magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 109:3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
Psalms 119:21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, 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 →