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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:173 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:173 |
King James |
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Psa 119:77, Psa 119:81, Psa 119:92).
I have chosen--in preference to all other objects of delight. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Let thine hand help me - Do thou help me - the hand being that by which we accomplish anything.
For I have chosen that precepts - I have chosen them as my comforters and my guide. I have resolved to obey them, and I pray that thou wilt help me to accomplish the purpose of my heart. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Let thine hand help me - Exert thy power in my defense. |
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.