Psalms 119:117
Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually.
Leeser Tanakh
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 promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope.
118Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22(18:23) For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes had I not put away from me.
Psalms 73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast seized hold of me by my right hand.
Psalms 119:48And so will I lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes.
Psalms 139:10Even there would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would seize hold of me.
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 →