New English Translation
Psalms 119:173
173May your hand help me, for I choose to obey 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
171May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes. 172May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just. May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts. 174I long for your deliverance, O Lord; I find delight in your law. 175May I live and praise you! May your regulations 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 belong to you. Deliver me! For I seek your precepts.
- Isaiah 41:10Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
- Mark 9:24Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
- Philippians 4:13I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
- Psalms 119:30I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations.
- Deuteronomy 30:19Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
- Joshua 24:15If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!”
- 1 Kings 3:11God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,
- Proverbs 1:29Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,
- Luke 10:42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; 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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