King James Version
Psalms 119:76 in the King James Version says “Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. for: Heb. to comfort ...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. for: Heb. to comfort me”
Psalms 119:76 · KJV
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. right: Heb. righteousness
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. for: Heb. to comfort me
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“Let I pray thee thy merciful kindness”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
“be for my comfort”
H5162properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo
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