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77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

Psalms 119:77 —

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  • Psalms 119:41

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

  • Psalms 1:2

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

  • Psalms 119:174

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

  • Lamentations 3:22-23

    It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. …

  • Psalms 119:24

    Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Commentary

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

(vv. 76-77)

Here is, 1. An earnest petition to God for his favour. Those that own the justice of God in their afflictions (as David had done, Ps. 119:75) may, in faith, and with humble boldness, be earnest for the mercy of God, and the tokens and fruits of that mercy, in their affliction. He prays for God’s merciful kindness (Ps. 119:76), his tender mercies , Ps. 119:77. He can claim nothing as his due, but a…

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