Psalms 119:17 (KJV)

Passage

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

Psalms 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Psalms 119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Psalms 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Psalms 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "deal", "bountifully", "servant", "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 will delight myself in thy statutes..." into verse 18's "Open thou mine eyes that I may...", 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.