Psalms 119:17 (WEB)

Passage

Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

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

Psalms 119:17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

Psalms 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

Psalms 119:19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good", "servant", "live", "obey", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good" and "servant", 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 your statutes..." into verse 18's "Open my eyes that I may see...", so "good" and "servant" 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 "good" and "servant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.