Psalms 119:173
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
- KJV
- Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
- WEB
- Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
- ASV
- Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.
- DARBY
- Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
- BLB
- Let Your hand be to help me, for Your precepts I have chosen.
- ÅB
- La din hånd være meg til hjelp! For jeg har utvalgt dine befalinger.
- OTB
- La din hånd være klar til å hjelpe meg,
For jeg har valgt dine påbud. - B1930
- La din hånd være mig til hjelp! For jeg har utvalgt dine befalinger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 41:10–14
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Read in contextJoshua 24:22
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Read in contextLuke 10:42
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Read in contextPsalms 119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Read in contextPsalms 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Read in contextPsalms 119:117
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Read in contextJoshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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