Psalms 119:117
Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
World English 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 your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
Psalms 73:23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
Psalms 119:48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
Psalms 139:10even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
John 10:28I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for 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 →