Psalms 119:169 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶⁹TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

Psalms 119:169 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Psalms 119:144-145
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. …
Proverbs 2:3-5
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; …
Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
2 Chronicles 1:10
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 169-170)

Here we have, I. A general petition for audience repeated: Let my cry come near before thee; and again, Let my supplication come before thee. He calls his prayer his cry, which denotes the fervency and vehemence of it, and his supplication, which denotes the humility of it. We must come to God as beggars come to our doors for an alms. He is concerned that his prayer might come before God, might co…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 169)

169-170. The prayer for understanding of the truth precedes that for deliverance. The fulfilment of the first is the basis of the fulfilment of the second (Psa 90:11-17). On the terms “cry” and “supplication” (compare Psa 6:9; 17:1).