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Psalms 119:124
124Deal with Your servant as befits Your lovingkindness, and teach me Your statutes.
Psalms 119:124 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, And teach me Your statutes.
Context of Psalms 119:124
122Guarantee Your servant’s well-being. Do not let arrogant ones oppress me. 123My eyes fail, longing for Your salvation and for Your righteous word. Deal with Your servant as befits Your lovingkindness, and teach me Your statutes. 125I am Your servant, give me discernment, so I may understand Your testimonies. 126It is time for Adonai to act— they have violated Your Torah!
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:124 word by word
עֲשֵׂ֖ה עִם־עַבְדְּךָ֥ כְחַסְדֶּ֗ךָ וְחֻקֶּ֥יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:124
- Psalms 119:41May Your lovingkindnesses come to me, Adonai— Your salvation according to Your word—
- Psalms 51:1For the music director: a psalm of David,
- Psalms 69:13Those who sit at the gate chatter about me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
- Psalms 79:8Do not hold against us the sins of our fathers. May Your mercies come quickly to meet us, for we are brought very low.
- Psalms 103:10He has not treated us according to our sins, or repaid us according to our iniquities.
- Psalms 130:3If You, Adonai, kept a record of iniquities— my Lord, who could stand?
- Daniel 9:18Give ear, my God, and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolation and the city called by Your name. We do not present our supplications before You because of our own righteousness, but because of Your great compassions.
- Luke 18:13“But the tax collector, standing some distance away, wouldn’t even lift his eyes toward heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
- 2 Timothy 1:16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.
- Psalms 119:12Blessed are You, Adonai. Teach me Your statutes.
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Let Your good Ruach lead me on level ground.
- Nehemiah 9:20You also gave Your good Ruach to teach them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth and You gave them water for their thirst.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:124
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy - Not according to justice - for, sinners as we are, we can never urge that as a plea before God. No man who knows himself could ask of God to deal with him according to the strict and stern principles of justice. But we may ask him to deal with us according to mercy - for mercy is our only plea, and the mercy of God - vast and boundless - constitutes such a ground of appeal as we need. No man can have any…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 121-128Verses 121-128 Happy is the man, who, acting upon gospel principles, does justice to all around. Christ our Surety, having paid our debt and ransom, secures all the blessings of salvation to every true believer. The psalmist expects the word of God's righteousness, and no other salvation than what is secured by that word, which cannot fall to the ground. We deserve no favour form God; we are most easy when we cast ourselves upon God's mercy, and refer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 121-128Ayin (ע) is the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The servant of the Lord struggles to endure the evil around him. He confidently asks the Lord to rescue him right away!Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 121-126121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.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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