King James Version
Psalms 119:58 in the King James Version says “I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. favour: Heb. face” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. favour: Heb. face”
Psalms 119:58 · KJV
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. favour: Heb. face
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I intreated”
H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
“thy favour”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“with my whole heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“be merciful”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
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