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Psalm 119:132
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
132Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
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“Turn to me” is a personal plea within a shared hope: the writer asks for the mercy God shows to those who love his name.
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Psalm 106:4Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,Both prayers ask for personal attention from God by appealing to the kindness he shows to others who belong to him.
Psalm 4:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy …Both speakers ask God to have mercy on them, seeking his attention through a direct, personal prayer.
Psalm 116:1I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.Love for the Lord and cries for mercy appear in both passages, joining affection for God with dependence on him.
Psalm 119:124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.Both prayers appeal to God's kindness as the basis for how he deals with his servant.
James 5:11Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of …The psalm appeals to God's established mercy, while James describes the Lord as full of compassion and mercy.
1 Samuel 1:11She vowed a vow, and said, “LORD of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will …Hannah asks God to look at her affliction and remember her; the psalm's speaker asks him to turn toward him with mercy.
Deuteronomy 26:7Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers. The LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.The psalm seeks God's attention and mercy; Deuteronomy recounts God hearing his people's cry and seeing their affliction.
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”Both speakers seek God's favorable attention, one asking for mercy and the other hoping God will see wrong suffered and repay good.
Exodus 4:31The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads …The psalm asks God to turn toward the speaker; Exodus describes God seeing his people's affliction and receiving their worship.
2 Thessalonians 1:6–7For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,The connection is limited to God's dealings with people: the psalm seeks mercy, while Thessalonians speaks of righteous repayment toward those who afflict others.
Isaiah 63:7–9I will tell of the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has given to us, and the great goodness toward the …The psalm appeals to God's accustomed mercy; Isaiah recounts the mercies and loving kindnesses God has shown to Israel.
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Encouragement
Love for God's name and need for mercy belong in the same prayer. The writer asks with confidence in God's known mercy toward those who love him.
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