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Psalms 119:173
173May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Psalms 119:173 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Your hand become my help, For I have chosen Your precepts.
Context of Psalms 119:173
171My lips pour out praise, for you teach me your statutes. 172My tongue sings about your promise, for all your commands are righteous. May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. 174I long for your salvation, Lord, and your instruction is my delight. 175Let me live, and I will praise you; may your judgments help me.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:173 word by word
תְּהִֽי־יָדְךָ֥ לְעָזְרֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ בָחָֽרְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:173
- Psalms 119:94I am yours; save me, for I have studied your precepts.
- Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.
- Mark 9:24Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength.
- Philippians 4:13I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me.
- Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set your ordinances before me.
- Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,
- Joshua 24:15But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship — the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.”
- 1 Kings 3:11So God said to him, “Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to administer justice,
- Proverbs 1:29Because they hated knowledge, didn’t choose to fear the Lord,
- Luke 10:42but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Commentaries on Psalms 119:173
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 173Let thine hand help me - Do thou help me - the hand being that by which we accomplish anything. For I have chosen that precepts - I have chosen them as my comforters and my guide. I have resolved to obey them, and I pray that thou wilt help me to accomplish the purpose of my heart.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 169-176Verses 169-176 The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in Christ; to know more of the doctrines of the word, and the duties of religion. He had a deep sense of unworthiness, and holy fear that his prayer should not come before God; Lord, what I pray for is, what thou hast promised. We have learned nothing to purpose, if we have not learned to praise…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 169-176Taw (ת) is the twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. God's servant asks the Lord for help one last time. He still feels like a lost sheep.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 173-174173-174. (Compare Psa 119:77, 81, 92). I have chosen--in preference to all other objects of delight.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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