Psalms 119:117
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Darby Translation
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 hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
Psalms 73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
Psalms 119:48And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms 139:10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
John 10:28and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
1 Peter 1:5who are kept guarded by [the] power of God through faith for 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 →