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Let your lovingkindness also come to me, Yahweh, Your salvation, according to your word.
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Mercy is the Source of Salvation
Commentators unanimously point out that the psalmist asks for God's mercy first, and then His salvation. This order is significant, showing that salvation is not earned but is the effect of God's gracious mercy. As John Calvin notes, this prayer acknowledges that our only hope for salvation rests entirely in the pure, unmerited favor of God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord - This begins a new portion of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the letter …
16th Century
Protestant
Let your mercies come to me. There can be no doubt that, in mentioning the mercy of God first, and afterwards his salvation,<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Psalms 119:41
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Lord, I have by faith Your mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will pla…
