God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:173
173Let your hand help me because I have chosen ⌞to follow⌟ your guiding principles.
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
171Let my lips pour out praise because you teach me your laws. 172Let my tongue sing about your promise because all your commandments are fair. Let your hand help me because I have chosen ⌞to follow⌟ your guiding principles. 174I have longed for you to save me, O Lord, and your teachings make me happy. 175Let my soul have new life so that it can praise you. Let your regulations help me.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:173 word by word
תְּהִֽי־יָדְךָ֥ לְעָזְרֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ בָחָֽרְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:173
- Psalms 119:94I am yours. Save me, because I have searched for your guiding principles.
- Isaiah 41:10Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. Don’t be intimidated; I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will support you with my victorious right hand.
- Mark 9:24The child’s father cried out at once, “I believe! Help my lack of faith.”
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he told me: “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So I will brag even more about my weaknesses in order that Christ’s power will live in me.
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, receive your power from the Lord and from his mighty strength.
- Philippians 4:13I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.
- Psalms 119:30I have chosen a life of faithfulness. I have set your regulations in front of me.
- Deuteronomy 30:19I call on heaven and earth as witnesses today that I have offered you life or death, blessings or curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants will live.
- Joshua 24:15But if you don’t want to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Even if you choose the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live, my family and I will still serve the Lord.”
- 1 Kings 3:11God replied, “You’ve asked for this and not for a long life, or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies. Instead, you’ve asked for understanding so that you can do what is right.
- Proverbs 1:29because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.
- Luke 10:42There’s only one thing you need. Mary has made the right choice, and that one thing 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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