Psalms 119:117
Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
Noyes Bible
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 ashamed of my hope!
118Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22For all his laws were in my sight; I did not put away his statutes from me.
Psalms 73:23Yet am I ever under thy care; By my right hand thou dost hold me up.
Psalms 119:48I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
Psalms 139:10Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me!
John 10:28and I give them everlasting life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one tear them out of my hand.
1 Peter 1:5who are guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;
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 →