Psalms 119:76 (LSB)

Passage

Oh may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your slave.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:74 May those who fear You see me and be glad, Because I wait for Your word.

Psalms 119:75 I know, O Yahweh, that Your judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Psalms 119:76 Oh may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your slave.

Psalms 119:77 May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight.

Psalms 119:78 May the arrogant be ashamed, for they wrong me with lying; But I shall muse on Your precepts.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 75's "I know O Yahweh that Your judgments..." into verse 77's "May Your compassion come to me that...", so "lovingkindness" and "comfort" 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 "lovingkindness" and "comfort" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.