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Psalms 119:170
170I ask you to be kind to me, so please listen! Keep me safe, as you have promised to do.
Psalms 119:170 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let my plea come before you; deliver me according to your word.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:170
168I obey your commands and your teaching, because you know everything that I do. 169Listen to me, Lord, as I call to you for help! Help me to understand your word. I ask you to be kind to me, so please listen! Keep me safe, as you have promised to do. 171I will always speak aloud to praise you, because you teach me your rules. 172I will sing about your message, because all your commands are righteous.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:170 word by word
תָּב֣וֹא תְּחִנָּתִ֣י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כְּ֝אִמְרָתְךָ֗ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:170
- Psalms 119:41Lord, I want your faithful love to be with me. Please keep me safe, as you have promised.
- Psalms 89:29Someone from his family will always be king. They will rule for ever, as long as there are skies above us.
- Genesis 32:9Then Jacob prayed, ‘God of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac, Lord, you said to me, “Go back to your country and to your relatives. I will do good things for you there.”
- 2 Samuel 7:25Lord God, please do the things that you have promised to do for me, your servant, and for my family. Continue to do for ever what you have promised to do.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:170
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 170Let my supplication come before thee - The word here rendered “supplication” properly means “favor, mercy, pity,” Joshua 11:20; Ezra 9:8; then, that by which favor or mercy is sought - prayer or petition, Psalm 6:9; Psalm 55:1. Deliver me according to thy word - From my enemies, my sins, my dangers. According to thy promises; according to the arrangements in thy word.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. 169-170169-170. The prayer for understanding of the truth precedes that for deliverance. The fulfilment of the first is the basis of the fulfilment of the second (Psa 90:11-17). On the terms "cry" and "supplication" (compare Psa 6:9; 17:1).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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