Psalms 119:109
My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
108Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
110The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
Cross References
Job 13:14Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
Psalms 119:83Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Psalms 119:152Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
1 Corinthians 15:31I protest, brethren, by my glorying in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily.
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 →