Bible Strands
Psalms 119:132
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, positioned between a declaration of intense longing for divine commandments and a request for moral discipline.
The words — The imperative פְּנֵה־ (pe.neh) commands God to turn toward the speaker, while חָנֵּנִי (chane-ni) petitions for favor or mercy.
The thread — The text in Psalms 106:4 asks God to remember the petitioner with favor, and 1 Samuel 1:11 records a vow requesting God to look upon affliction and remember the speaker.
Why it lands — The verse requires a reader to recognize that compassion depends on divine initiative and to measure personal devotion against the standard of loving God’s name.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Cross-references
- Psalms 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- Psalms 119:124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
- 1 Samuel 1:11 And she made a vow, saying, “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 I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
- Psalms 25:16 Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Psalms 25:18 Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- Exodus 4:31 and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- 2 Samuel 16:12 Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- Isaiah 63:7 I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,