“I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.”
I entreat your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. The passionate petition ('entreat your favor,' 'with all my heart') appeals to God's graciousness framed in terms of covenant promise. This verse emphasizes whole-hearted seeking of divine favor.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:58
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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