Psalms 119:132
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
BSB
ASV
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
KJV
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Look thou upon me,.... Not as in himself; a sinful creature will not bear looking upon by the Lord, especially with the strict eye of justice; but as in Christ, and clothed with his righteousness; and so not merely in a providential way, though that is a favour, but in a way of special grace and mercy.
Look . . . upon me--opposed to hiding or averting the face (compare Ps 25:15; 102:17). as thou usest to do--or, "as it is right in regard to those who love Thy name." Such have a right to the manifestations of God's grace, resting on the nature of God as faithful to His promise to such, not on their own merits.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then…
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For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will…
For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let…
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Psalms 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
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Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
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Psalms 119:124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
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Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our…
