The Nugget:
Psalm 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
My Comment:
Saints plead the promises of the Scriptures in prayer (The New Topical Textbook, subheading under the main topic “The Scriptures,” page 240).
The Psalmist in this prayer for God’s lovingkindness or mercies to reach him, even God’s salvation or deliverance, claims the promises found in God’s Word.
The Bible, therefore, is a suitable guidebook to our prayer life. God reveals His will in His written word found in the Bible, nowhere else. We are told (1 John 5:14) that if we ask anything according to His will, he hears us. Does God always give us what we ask for? Only if our request is according to God’s will, or as the Psalmist prayed, “according to your word.”
If we would base our prayer requests on God’s promises as those promises are revealed in His written Word, our prayers might indeed be more fruitful. But to base our prayers on God’s promises, we would be helped much by doing some Real Bible Study on the subject of God’s promises. One listing of “Promises of God, The” can be found on pages 209-210 of The New Topical Textbook. Another extensive listing of Bible promises may be found in both the Subject Index and the Topic Number Index of The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. I once had a Bible Promise Box filled with little cards on which were printed Bible promises on one side and Bible commands on the other. I still have the little box–but the cards it once contained have been lost. In any case, there are sources available to help you find the promises contained in the Bible.
Once you locate a promise that seems to address your need, you can make a further study of that promise in the Bible by using the cross references which have been collected for that verse. The cross references will guide you to what the rest of the Bible has to say about the promise you found. That can often be of great encouragement when you discover the Bible repeats and further explains a particular promise of interest to you.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 629 for Psalm 119:41.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 673 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 119:41.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
Psalm 119:41. Let thy mercies. ver. Ps 119:58, 76, 77, +Ps 119:88, 124, 132, 159. Ps 6:4. 25:6. 35:3. 69:16. *Ps 106:4, 5. Ge 43:14. +**Is 55:3. *Lk 2:28-32. **Lk 18:13. James 1:21. thy salvation. ver. Ps 119:123, 166, 170. Ps 118:15. Ge 49:18. He 9:28n. according. ver. +Ps 119:25, 28, 58, 65, 76, 116, 154, 170. thy word. ver. +Ps 119:11, 49, 50, 82, 123, 170.
psm 119.41 Let thy mercies come also unto me. O lord, even
thy salvation, according to thy word.
cross refs
psm 69.16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is
good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy
tender mercies.
psm 106.4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour
that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit with thy
salvation;
lk 2.28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and
said,
lk 2.29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according
to thy word:
lk 2.30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
lk 2.31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
lk 2.32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people
Israel.