Psalms 119:169
תִּקְרַב רִנָּתִי לְפָנֶיךָ יְהוָה כִּדְבָרְךָ הֲבִינֵֽנִי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
In Context
168שָׁמַרְתִּי פִקּוּדֶיךָ וְעֵדֹתֶיךָ כִּי כָל ־ דְּרָכַי נֶגְדֶּֽךָ ׃
170תָּבוֹא תְּחִנָּתִי לְפָנֶיךָ כְּאִמְרָתְךָ הַצִּילֵֽנִי ׃
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12אַךְ יִֽתֶּן ־ לְּךָ יְהוָה שֵׂכֶל וּבִינָה וִֽיצַוְּךָ עַל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִשְׁמוֹר אֶת ־ תּוֹרַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ ׃
2 Chronicles 30:27וַיָּקֻמוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וַיְבָרֲכוּ אֶת ־ הָעָם וַיִּשָּׁמַע בְּקוֹלָם וַתָּבוֹא תְפִלָּתָם לִמְעוֹן קָדְשׁוֹ לַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃ פ
Psalms 119:34הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָה תֽוֹרָתֶךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶנָּה בְכָל ־ לֵֽב ׃
Proverbs 2:3כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ ׃
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 →