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Psalms 119:58
58I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
Psalms 119:58 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I entreat your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.
- New Living Translation (NLT)With all my heart I want your blessings. Be merciful as you promised.
Context of Psalms 119:58
56This has been my practice: I obey your precepts. 57You are my portion, Lord; I have promised to obey your words. I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. 59I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes. 60I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
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חִלִּ֣יתִי פָנֶ֣יךָ בְכָל־לֵ֑ב חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:58
- Psalms 119:10I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
- Psalms 4:6Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?” Let the light of your face shine on us.
- Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 86:1Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
- Hebrews 10:22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
- Psalms 27:8My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.
- Job 11:19You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
- Psalms 119:41May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise;
- Psalms 56:4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
- Psalms 138:2I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:58
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 58Fourthly. Being determined in his heart, he tells us, I entreated thy favor with my whole heart. He found he had sinned; that he needed mercy; that he had no time to lose; that he must be importunate; and therefore he sought that mercy with all his soul. Fifthly. Feeling that he deserved nothing but wrath, that he had no right to any good, he cries for mercy in the way that God had promised to convey it: "Be merciful unto me!" And to this he is encouraged…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 58I entreated thy favor - Margin, as in Hebrew, “face.” That is, he prayed that God would lift upon him the light of his countenance; that he would not avert his face from him in anger. With my whole heart - With sincere, undivided affections. See Psalm 119:2, Psalm 119:10, Psalm 119:34; Psalm 9:1. Be merciful unto me according to thy word - See the notes at Psalm 119:41.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-64Verses 57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57-64Heth (ח) is the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist seeks God’s favor and loving devotion. Although surrounded by evildoers, he remains a loyal servant of the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 57-6057-60. Sincere desires for God's favor, penitence, and activity in a new obedience, truly evince the sincerity of those who profess to find God a portion (Nu 18:20; Psa 16:5; La 3:24).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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