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Psalms 119:132
132Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is fitting to those who love Your Name.
Psalms 119:132 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
- New International Version (NIV)Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your way with those who love your name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Look upon me and be merciful to me, As Your custom is toward those who love Your name.
Context of Psalms 119:132
130The unfolding of Your words gives light, giving understanding to the simple. 131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for Your mitzvot. Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is fitting to those who love Your Name. 133Direct my footsteps in Your word, and let no iniquity get mastery over me. 134Redeem me from human oppression, and I will keep Your precepts.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:132 word by word
פְּנֵה־אֵלַ֥י וְחָנֵּ֑נִי כְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט לְאֹהֲבֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:132
- Psalms 119:124Deal with Your servant as befits Your lovingkindness, and teach me Your statutes.
- Psalms 25:18See my affliction and my suffering, and take away all my sins.
- Exodus 4:31So the people believed. When they heard that Adonai had remembered Bnei-Yisrael and had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- 1 Samuel 1:11So she made a vow and said, “Adonai-Tzva’ot, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your handmaid, remember me and not forget Your handmaid, but grant Your handmaid a son, then I will give him to Adonai all the days of his life and no razor will ever touch his head.”
- 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps Adonai will look on my affliction and return good to me for his cursing this day.”
- Isaiah 63:7I will remember the lovingkindnesses of Adonai, the praises of Adonai, according to all that Adonai has granted us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has granted them according to His compassion, and according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, Adonai, when You show favor to Your people. Visit me with Your salvation,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6For after all, it is right in the sight of God to pay back trouble to those who trouble you,
Commentaries on Psalms 119:132
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 132Look thou upon me - Turn not away from me. Regard me with thy favor. And be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name - Margin, “According to the custom toward those,” etc. The Hebrew word is “judgment:” “according to the judgment to the lovers of thy name.” The word seems here to be used in the sense of “right;” of what is due; or, of what is usually determined: that is, as God usually determines, judges, acts toward those who…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 131-135131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed I opened my mouth, and panted--as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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