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Psalms 119:124
124Please be kind to me, your servant, so that I see your faithful love. Continue to teach me your laws.
Psalms 119:124 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, And teach me Your statutes.
Context of Psalms 119:124
122Promise to take care of me, your servant. Do not let proud people hurt me. 123I have been waiting a long time for you to save me. My eyes have become tired. I am waiting for you to save me, as your true promise has said. Please be kind to me, your servant, so that I see your faithful love. Continue to teach me your laws. 125I am your servant. Help me to be wise, so that I can understand your rules. 126It is time for you to do something, Lord, because people have turned against your Law.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:124 word by word
עֲשֵׂ֖ה עִם־עַבְדְּךָ֥ כְחַסְדֶּ֗ךָ וְחֻקֶּ֥יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:124
- Psalms 119:41Lord, I want your faithful love to be with me. Please keep me safe, as you have promised.
- Psalms 51:1Please forgive me, God, because of your faithful love. Because you are so kind, please clean away my sins.
- Psalms 69:13But as for me, Lord, I continue to pray to you. Please answer me at the right time. Be kind to me, God, because of your faithful love. Save me, as you have promised to do.
- Psalms 79:8Our ancestors did bad things, but do not say that we are guilty because of that. Be kind and send help to us quickly. We are in a lot of trouble!
- Psalms 103:10We should receive much punishment for the bad things that we do. But the Lord does not punish us so much.
- Psalms 130:3Lord, if you should write down all our sins, nobody could stand as a righteous person.
- Daniel 9:18Listen to us, my God. Our towns have become heaps of stones. See what has happened to the city that belongs to you. We do not ask you to do this because we are righteous people. We ask you because you are very kind.
- Luke 18:13But the other man stood far away. He would not even look up towards heaven. He was hitting his body with his hands to show how sorry he was. He prayed like this: “Please, God, be kind to me. I have done many bad things.” ’
- 2 Timothy 1:16But Onesiphorus has stayed to help me. I pray that the Lord will be kind to his family. He often came to help me not to be sad. I am in prison, but he was not ashamed to help me.
- Psalms 119:12Lord, everyone should praise you! Please teach me your laws.
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do what pleases you, because you are my God. Let your kind Spirit lead me, so that I can walk in a safe place.
- Nehemiah 9:20You gave them your good Spirit to teach them what to do. You continued to give them manna from heaven to eat. You gave them water from a rock to drink.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:124
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy - Not according to justice - for, sinners as we are, we can never urge that as a plea before God. No man who knows himself could ask of God to deal with him according to the strict and stern principles of justice. But we may ask him to deal with us according to mercy - for mercy is our only plea, and the mercy of God - vast and boundless - constitutes such a ground of appeal as we need. No man can have any…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 121-128Verses 121-128 Happy is the man, who, acting upon gospel principles, does justice to all around. Christ our Surety, having paid our debt and ransom, secures all the blessings of salvation to every true believer. The psalmist expects the word of God's righteousness, and no other salvation than what is secured by that word, which cannot fall to the ground. We deserve no favour form God; we are most easy when we cast ourselves upon God's mercy, and refer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 121-128Ayin (ע) is the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The servant of the Lord struggles to endure the evil around him. He confidently asks the Lord to rescue him right away!Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 121-126121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.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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