Psalms 119:41 (WEB)

Passage

Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.

Psalms 119:40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

Psalms 119:41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.

Psalms 119:42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

Psalms 119:43 Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "loving", "kindness", "come", "yahweh", "salvation", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "loving" and "kindness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "Behold I long for your precepts Revive..." into verse 42's "So I will have an answer for...", so "loving" and "kindness" 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 "loving" and "kindness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.