Psalms 119:170

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee,.... The psalmist desires the continuance of his natural life, not for his own personal advantage, nor for the sake of his family, nor with any worldly,…

Let my supplication come before thee - The word here rendered “supplication” properly means “favor, mercy, pity,” Jos 11:20; Ezr 9:8; then, that by which favor or mercy is sought - prayer or petition,…

Here we have, I. A general petition for audience repeated: Let my cry come near before thee; and again, Let my supplication come before thee. He calls his prayer his cry, which denotes the fervency…