Psalms 119:175
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
King James Version
In Context
174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Cross References
Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms 118:18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:174-175
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; and thy law is my delight. Here, 1. David prays that divine grace would work for him: Let thy hand help me. He finds his own hands are not sufficient for him, nor can any creature lend him a helping hand to any purpose; therefore he looks up to God in hopes that the hand that had made him would help him; for, if the Lord do not help us, whence can any creature help us? All our help must be expected from God's… Read the whole commentary →