Psalms 119:169
TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
In Context
168I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
170Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Onely the Lord giue thee wisedome and vnderstanding, and giue thee charge ouer Israel, euen to keepe the Lawe of the Lord thy God.
2 Chronicles 30:27Then the Priests and the Leuites arose, and blessed the people, and their voyce was heard, and their prayer came vp vnto heauen, to his holy habitation.
Psalms 119:34Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Proverbs 2:3(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
James 1:5If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, and reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:168-169
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. David's conscience here witnesses for him, I. That his practices were good. 1. He loved God's testimonies, he loved them exceedingly. Our love to the word of God must be a superlative love (we must love it better than the wealth and pleasure of this world), and it must be a victorious love, such as will subdue and mortify our lusts and extirpate carnal affections.… Read the whole commentary →