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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:58 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:58 |
Strong Concordance |
I intreated [02470] thy favour [06440] with my whole heart [03820]: be merciful [02603] unto me according to thy word [0565]. |
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King James |
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| favour--Hebrew, "face" (Psa 45:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I entreated thy favor - Margin, as in Hebrew, "face." That is, he prayed that God would lift upon him the light of his countenance; that he would not avert his face from him in anger.
With my whole heart - With sincere, undivided affections. See Psa 119:2, Psa 119:10, Psa 119:34; Psa 9:1.
Be merciful unto me according to thy word - See the notes at Psa 119:41. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Fourthly. Being determined in his heart, he tells us, I entreated thy favor with my whole heart. He found he had sinned; that he needed mercy; that he had no time to lose; that he must be importunate; and therefore he sought that mercy with all his soul.
Fifthly. Feeling that he deserved nothing but wrath, that he had no right to any good, he cries for mercy in the way that God had promised to convey it: "Be merciful unto me!" And to this he is encouraged only by the promise of God; and therefore prays, "Be merciful unto me According to thy Word." |
12 And the daughter [01323] of Tyre [06865] shall be there with a gift [04503]; even the rich [06223] among the people [05971] shall intreat [02470] thy favour [06440].
41 VAU. Let thy mercies [02617] come [0935] also unto me, O LORD [03068], even thy salvation [08668], according to thy word [0565].
1 To the chief Musician [05329] upon Muthlabben [04192] [01121], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. I will praise [03034] thee, O LORD [03068], with my whole heart [03820]; I will shew forth [05608] all thy marvellous works [06381].
34 Give me understanding [0995], and I shall keep [05341] thy law [08451]; yea, I shall observe [08104] it with my whole heart [03820].
10 With my whole heart [03820] have I sought [01875] thee: O let me not wander [07686] from thy commandments [04687].
2 Blessed [0835] are they that keep [05341] his testimonies [05713], and that seek [01875] him with the whole heart [03820].