Psalms 119:117
Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.
Bible in Basic English
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
116Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.
118You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22\18:21\For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
Psalms 73:23But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.
Psalms 119:48And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.
Psalms 139:10Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.
John 10:28And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
1 Peter 1:5Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
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 →