Psalms 119:76 (YLT)

Passage

Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:74 Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.

Psalms 119:75 I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous <FI>are<Fi> Thy judgments, And <FI>in<Fi> faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

Psalms 119:76 Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

Psalms 119:77 Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law <FI>is<Fi> my delight.

Psalms 119:78 Ashamed are the proud, For <FI>with<Fi> falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 75's "I have known O Jehovah That righteous..." into verse 77's "Meet me do Thy mercies and I...", so "pray" and "thee" 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 "pray" and "thee" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.