Psalms 119:76
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Psalms 119:76 in other translations
| BSB | May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant. |
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| WEB | Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. |
| ASV | Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant. |
| YLT | Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant. |
| DARBY | Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. |
| BBE | Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant. |
| Webster | Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word to thy servant. |
What does Psalms 119:76 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:75-78
75-78. in faithfulness--that is, without in the least violating Thy faithfulness; because my sins deserved and needed fatherly chastisement. Enduring chastisement with a filial temper (He 12:6-11), God's promises of mercy (Ro 8:28) will be fulfilled, and He will give comfort in sorrow (La 3:22; 2Co 1:3, 4).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:73-80
God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and…
Psalms 119:76 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 119:76
- Psalms 106:4-5
Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-5
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
- Psalms 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
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Context
- Psalms 119:75
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
- Psalms 119:76
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
- Psalms 119:77
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Psalms 119:76 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sea ahora tu misericordia para consolarme, conforme á lo que has dicho á tu siervo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que ta bonté, je te prie, soit ma consolation, selon ta parole à ton serviteur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Laß doch deine Güte mir zum Troste sein, nach deiner Zusage an deinen Knecht! |