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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:77 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 119:77 |
King James |
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. |
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] |
Let thy tender mercies come unto me--As I am not able to come unto them. But the wicked will be confounded. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Let thy tender mercies come unto me - See the notes at Psa 119:41.
That I may live - It is evident that this was uttered in view of some great calamity by which his life was threatened. He was dependent for life - for recovery from sickness, or for deliverance from danger - wholly on the compassion of God.
For thy law is my delight - See the notes at Psa 119:16; compare Psa 119:24, Psa 119:47. This is urged here as a reason for the divine interposition. The meaning is, that he was a friend of God; that he had pleasure in his service and in his commandments; and that he might, therefore, with propriety, appeal to God to interpose in his behalf. This is a proper ground of appeal to God in our prayers, not on the ground of merit or claim, but because we may reasonably suppose that God will be disposed to protect his friends, and to deliver them in the day of trouble. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Let thy tender mercies - רחמיך rachameycha, thy fatherly and affectionate feelings. |
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.