Psalms 119:109
My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:5And he did put his life in his hand, and he slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel; thou sawest it, and wast rejoiced: wherefore then wilt thou commit sin on innocent blood, by slaying David without a cause?
Job 13:14Whatever it may cost, I will take my flesh in my teeth, and my life will I put in my hand.
Psalms 119:83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
Psalms 119:152Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them.
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 →