Psalms 119:77 meaning and explanation

May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

Psalms 119:77, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a faithful Israelite, likely a young man (verse 9), surrounded by arrogant opponents who slander and afflict him. Having just asked God to comfort him according to His promise (verse 76), he now pleads for God's compassion, the Hebrew rachamim, a word for tender mercy.

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