Psalms 119:117
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, and shall have respect for thy statutes continually.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
In Context
116Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
118Thou have set at nothing all those who err from thy statutes, for their deceit is falsehood.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.
Psalms 73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee. Thou have held my right hand.
Psalms 119:48I will also lift up my hands to thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate on thy statutes.
Psalms 139:10even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
John 10:28And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand.
1 Peter 1:5men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:117-118
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Here, 1. David prays for sustaining grace; for this grace sufficient he besought the Lord twice: Uphold me; and again, Hold thou me up. He sees himself not only unable to go on in his duty by any strength of his own, but in danger of falling into sin unless he was prevented by divine grace; and therefore he is thus earnest for… Read the whole commentary →