Psalms 119:173
Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
In Context
172My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
174I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
Cross References
Joshua 24:15And if it seeme euill vnto you to serue the Lord, choose you this day whome yee will serue, whether the gods which your fathers serued (that were beyond the flood) or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: but I and mine house will serue the Lord.
1 Kings 3:11And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement,
Psalms 37:24Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.
Psalms 119:35Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Psalms 119:94I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
Psalms 119:117Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:173
172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. Observe here, 1. The good knowledge David had of the word of God; he knew it so well that he was ready to own, with the utmost satisfaction, that all God's commandments are not only righteous, but righteousness itself, the rule and standard of righteousness. 2. The good use he resolved to make of that knowledge: My tongue shall speak of thy word, not only utter praise for it to the glory of God, but discourse of it for the… Read the whole commentary →