Psalms 119:109
My soul [is] in my hand continually, || And I have not forgotten Your law.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
108Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, || And teach me Your judgments.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, || And I did not wander from your precepts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:5indeed, he puts his life in his hand, and strikes the Philistine, and YHWH works a great salvation for all Israel; you have seen, and rejoice, and why do you sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nothing?”
Job 13:14Why do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
Psalms 119:83For I have been as a bottle in smoke, || I have not forgotten Your statutes.
Psalms 119:152I have known Your testimonies of old, || That You have founded them for all time!
1 Corinthians 15:31I die every day, by the glorying of you that 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 →