Psalms 119:132 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me - thy mere look is able to heal me.

As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. It is no new thing with thee, but thy wont in the case of all the godly, as they can joyfully testify. "As thou usest to do" - literally, 'according to the judgment' or 'right (which thou dost exercise-Hebrew, kªmishpaaT (H4941)) toward those that love thy name.' But the English version is justified by Genesis 40:13, "after the former manner when," etc.; Exodus 21:9; 2 Kings 11:14; Ezra 3:4, "according to the custom." The Chaldaic Targum also supports it against 'judgment' or right, which Hengstenberg maintains, observing, 'Those who love the name of God (God in His historical glory) have a right to the manifestations of His grace, a right resting upon the nature of God as it is revealed in His Word.'

Psalms 119:132

132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.