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Psalms 119:76

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.”

— WEB

“Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.”

— KJV

“Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.”

— ASV

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Commentary

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, Psa 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 (Psa 119:76), his tender mercies, Psa 119:77. He can claim nothing as his due, but all his supports under his affliction must come from mere mercy and compassion to one in misery, one in want. "Let these come to me," that is, "the evidence of them (clear it up to me that thou hast a kindness for me, and mercy in store), and the effects of them; let them work my relief and deliverance." 2. The benefit he promised himself from God's lovingkindness: "Let it come to me for my comfort (Psa 119:76); that will comfort me when nothing else will; that will comfort me whatever grieves me." Gracious souls fetch all their comfort from a gracious God, as the fountain of all happiness and joy: "Let it come to me, that I may live, that is, that I may be revived, and my life may be made sweet to me, for I have no joy of it while I am under God's displeasure. In his favour is life; in his frowns are death.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)

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