Psalms 119:117
Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
Open English Bible (US)
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 and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.
118All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22His commandments were all before me, his statutes I put not away.
Psalms 73:23But I am always with you, you have hold of my right hand.
Psalms 119:48I will lift up my hands to your commandments, and muse upon your statutes.
Psalms 139:10there also your hand would grasp me, and your right hand take hold of me.
John 10:28and I give them eternal life, and they will not be lost; nor will anyone snatch them out of my hands.
1 Peter 1:5for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.
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 →