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Psalms 119:77

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy lawe [is] my delight.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for I have been taught thy law.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Let thy tender mercies 7356
{7356} Prime
רַחַם
racham
{rakh'-am}
From H7355; compassion (in the plural); by extension the womb (as cherishing the foetus); by implication a maiden.
come 935
{0935} Prime
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
unto me, that I may live: 2421
{2421} Prime
חָיַה
chayah
{khaw-yaw'}
A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
for x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
thy law 8451
{8451} Prime
תּוֹרָה
towrah
{to-raw'}
From H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.
[is] my delight. 8191
{8191} Prime
שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ
sha`shua`
{shah-shoo'-ah}
From H8173; enjoyment.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 119:75-78.


Psalms 119:77

_ _ Let thy tender mercies come unto me — As I am not able to come unto them. But the wicked will be confounded.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 119:76-77.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 119:77

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may (c) live: for thy law [is] my delight.

(c) He declares that when he did not feel God's mercies, he was as dead.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
thy tender:

Psalms 119:41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
Psalms 51:1-3 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.]] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ... For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
Lamentations 3:22-23 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. ... [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
Daniel 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

for thy:

Psalms 119:24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
Psalms 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.
Psalms 1:2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Hebrews 8:10-12 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: ... For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 1:2; 51:1; 119:24, 41, 47, 174. Lm 3:22. Dn 9:18. He 8:10.

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