Psalms 119:77

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“May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.”

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BSBPD

“May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law <FI>is<Fi> my delight.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:77 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
  2. Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  3. Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  4. Psalms 119:17Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
  5. Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
  6. Psalms 119:41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
  7. Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
  8. Psalms 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  9. Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
  10. Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  11. Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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