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174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

Psalms 119:174

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. …

  • I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  • And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

  • I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

  • But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Commentary

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

(vv. 173-174)

Here, 1. David prays that divine grace would work for him: Let thy hand help me . He finds his own hands are not sufficient for him, nor can any creature lend him a helping hand to any purpose; therefore he looks up to God in hopes that the hand that had made him would help him; for, if the Lord do not help us, whence can any creature help us? All our help must be expected from God’s hand, from hi…

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