Psalms 119:8
I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
In Context
7I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.
9BETH How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.
Cross References
Psalms 38:21\38:20\They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
Psalms 71:9Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
Psalms 119:16I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
Psalms 119:115Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.
Psalms 119:176I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:8-9
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Here is, I. David's endeavour to perfect himself in his religion, and to make himself (as we say) master of his business. He hopes to learn God's righteous judgments. He knew much, but he was still pressing forward and desired to know more, as knowing this, that he had not yet attained; but as far as perfection is attainable in this life he reached towards it, and… Read the whole commentary →