Psalms 119:146
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
King James Version
In Context
145I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Cross References
Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:146-147
19. KOPH. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord : I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. Here we have, I. David's good prayers, by which he sought to God for mercy; these he mentions here, not as boasting of them, or trusting to any merit in them, but reflecting upon them with comfort, that he had taken the appointed way to comfort. Observe here, 1. That he was inward with God in prayer; he prayed with his heart, and prayer is acceptable no further… Read the whole commentary →