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173 May your hand[a] be ready to help me,
    for I have chosen your commandments.
174 [b]I long for your salvation, O Lord,
    and your law is my delight.
175 Give life to my soul that I may praise you,
    and let your judgments sustain me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:173 Your hand: a metaphor for God’s powerful deliverance (see Deut 32:39).
  2. Psalm 119:174 These final three verses form the conclusion to the whole. They succinctly restate and summarize the main themes.

173 May your hand be ready to help(A) me,
    for I have chosen(B) your precepts.
174 I long for your salvation,(C) Lord,
    and your law gives me delight.(D)
175 Let me live(E) that I may praise you,
    and may your laws sustain me.

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