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Psalms 119:41
41May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise;
Psalms 119:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord— Your salvation according to Your word.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Lord, give me your unfailing love, the salvation that you promised me.
Context of Psalms 119:41
39Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good. 40How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life. May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise; 42then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word. 43Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:41 word by word
וִֽיבֹאֻ֣נִי חֲסָדֶ֣ךָ יְהוָ֑ה תְּ֝שֽׁוּעָתְךָ֗ כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:41
- Psalms 119:58I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
- Psalms 69:16Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
- Luke 2:28Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
Commentaries on Psalms 119:41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41Let thy mercies come - Let me speedily see the accomplishment of all my prayers! Let me have thy salvation - such a deliverance as it becomes thy greatness and goodness to impart. Let it be according to thy word - thy exceeding great and precious promises.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord - This commences a new portion of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the letter Vau (ו v “v”). There are almost no words in Hebrew that begin with this letter, which is properly a conjunction, and hence, in each of the verses in this section of the psalm Psalm 119:41-48 the beginning of the verse is in the original a conjunction -.ו This does not here indicate a connection, as with us the conjunction “and”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-48Verses 41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41-43The psalmist asks for protection from enemies who speak harshly (see Psalms 42:10; 44:16; 89:50–51; 102:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4441-44. The sentiment more fully carried out. God's mercies and salvation, as revealed in His Word, provide hope of forgiveness for the past and security in a righteous course for the future.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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