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170Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

Psalms 119:170

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

  • Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

  • And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

  • I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: …

  • And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: …

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, migh…

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