Psalms 119:109
My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
108Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:5for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see [it], and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause?
Job 13:14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Psalms 119:83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
Psalms 119:152From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
1 Corinthians 15:31Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:109
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord , and teach me thy judgments. Two things we are here taught to pray for, in reference to our religious performances:—1. Acceptance of them. This we must aim at in all we do in religion, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of the Lord. What David here earnestly prays for the acceptance of are the free-will-offerings, not of his purse, but of his mouth, his prayers and praises. The calves of our lips ( Hos. xiv. 2 ), the fruit of… Read the whole commentary →