God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:76
76Let your mercy comfort me as you promised.
Psalms 119:76 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
- New International Version (NIV)May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.
Context of Psalms 119:76
74Those who fear you will see me and rejoice, because my hope is based on your word. 75I know that your regulations are fair, O Lord, and that you were right to make me suffer. Let your mercy comfort me as you promised. 77Let your compassion reach me so that I may live, because your teachings make me happy. 78Let arrogant people be put to shame because they lied about me, ⌞yet⌟ I reflect on your guiding principles.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:76 word by word
יְהִי־נָ֣א חַסְדְּךָ֣ לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִי כְּאִמְרָתְךָ֥ לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:76
- Psalms 86:5You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, full of mercy toward everyone who calls out to you.
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people. Come to help me with your salvation
- 2 Corinthians 1:3Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the Father who is compassionate and the God who gives comfort.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:76
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 76Thy merciful kindness - Let me derive my comfort and happiness from a diffusion of thy love and mercy, חסדך chasdecha, thy exuberant goodness, through my soul.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 76Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to comfort me.” The word rendered merciful-kindness means mercy, favor, grace, kindness; and the idea is, that all his consolation - all that he expected or desired - must be derived from mere favor; from the goodness of God. He had no source of comfort in himself, and he had no claim on God for comfort. It was through mercy alone that he could have happiness of any kind…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 73-80Verses 73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and compassion. The mercies of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 73-76As God’s child, the psalmist asks for divine wisdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 75-7875-78. in faithfulness--that is, without in the least violating Thy faithfulness; because my sins deserved and needed fatherly chastisement. Enduring chastisement with a filial temper (He 12:6-11), God's promises of mercy (Ro 8:28) will be fulfilled, and He will give comfort in sorrow (La 3:22; 2Co 1:3, 4).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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