Psalms 119:173
Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
In Context
172My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
174I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
Cross References
Joshua 24:15and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah — choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; — whether the gods whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house — we serve Jehovah.'
1 Kings 3:11and God saith unto him, 'Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment,
Psalms 37:24When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.
Psalms 119:35Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
Psalms 119:94I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
Psalms 119:117Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:173
172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. Observe here, 1. The good knowledge David had of the word of God; he knew it so well that he was ready to own, with the utmost satisfaction, that all God's commandments are not only righteous, but righteousness itself, the rule and standard of righteousness. 2. The good use he resolved to make of that knowledge: My tongue shall speak of thy word, not only utter praise for it to the glory of God, but discourse of it for the… Read the whole commentary →