Psalms 119:77 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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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 al…

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

(vv. 77)

75-78. in faithfulness--that is, without in the least violating Thy faithfulness; because my sins deserved and needed fatherly chastisement. Enduring chastisement with a filial temper (He 12:6-11), God’s promises of mercy (Ro 8:28) will be fulfilled, and He will give comfort in sorrow (La 3:22; 2Co 1:3, 4).