Psalms 119:173

173 Let your hand be ready to help me, because I choose your precepts.

Psalms 119:173 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:173

Let thine hand help me
Let thine hand of power help me against mine enemies, and deliver me from them; and let thine hand of providence and grace communicate to me, and supply me with and help me to everything needful for me, for body and soul; for time and eternity, all grace here, and glory hereafter; let thy right hand help me on in my way, hold and uphold me, keep and preserve me safe to heaven and happiness;

for I have chosen thy precepts;
not only the good part, which shall not be taken away, and the way of truth, ( Psalms 119:30 ) ; but even the commandments of God, which he preferred to the commandments of men, and choose rather to obey the one than the other; having a most ardent affection for them, an high esteem of them, and a strong attachment to them; see ( Psalms 119:127 Psalms 119:128 ) .

Psalms 119:173 In-Context

171 Let my lips speak praise, because you teach me your laws.
172 Let my tongue sing of your promise, because all your mitzvot are righteous.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, because I choose your precepts.
174 I long for your deliverance, ADONAI; and your Torah is my delight.
175 Let me live, and I will praise you; let your rulings help me.
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