Psalms 119:77
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
In Context
76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Lamentations 3:22It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:77-78
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. Here is, 1. An earnest petition to God for his favour. Those that own the justice of God in their afflictions (as David had done, v. 75 ) may, in faith, and with humble boldness, be earnest for the mercy of God, and the tokens and fruits of that mercy, in their affliction. He prays for God's merciful kindness ( v. 76 ), his tender… Read the whole commentary →