Psalms 119:169
[Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
In Context
168I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
170My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;
2 Chronicles 30:27and the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens.
Psalms 119:34Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Proverbs 2:3For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
James 1:5and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
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 →