Psalms 119:17 (LSB)

Passage

Deal bountifully with Your slave, That I may live and keep Your word.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:15 I will muse upon Your precepts And look upon Your ways.

Psalms 119:16 I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.

Psalms 119:17 Deal bountifully with Your slave, That I may live and keep Your word.

Psalms 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law.

Psalms 119:19 I am a sojourner in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "deal", "bountifully", "slave", "live", "keep", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "deal" and "bountifully", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "I shall delight in Your statutes I..." into verse 18's "Open my eyes that I may behold...", so "deal" and "bountifully" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "deal" and "bountifully" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.