Psalms 119:8
I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
In Context
7I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
Cross References
Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Psalms 71:9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
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 →