Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Parallel translations
- WEB Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
- KJV Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
- NKJV Look upon me and be merciful to me, As Your custom is toward those who love Your name.
- NASB Turn to me and be gracious to me, As is right for those who love Your name.
- NLT Come and show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your name.
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Quick answer
He asks God to turn to him and show mercy, as He does to those who love His name. He appeals to God's customary grace toward His own.
Overview
The psalmist requests God's gracious attention and mercy, appealing to the way God habitually treats those who love His name. He counts himself among that company and pleads for the same favor. This confidence in God's customary mercy toward His people is fulfilled in Christ, through whom God shows steadfast love to all who call on His name (Rom. 10:12-13; Ps. 25:14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 119:124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
- Ps 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- 1 Sam 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 I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
- Ps 25:18Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- Ps 25:16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Exod 4:31and 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 Sam 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- Isa 63:7–9I 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 Th 1:6–7After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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