Psalms 119:77
Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
Young's Literal Translation
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 kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But — in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
Psalms 119:16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
Psalms 119:47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Lamentations 3:22The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
Hebrews 8:10because this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for 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 →