Psalms 119:109
My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
108Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.
110The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 119:83Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.
Psalms 119:152Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.
1 Corinthians 15:31Daily I face death – I swear it, friends, by the pride in you that I feel through my union with 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 →