Psalms 119:109
My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
108O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
110The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:5For he did put his life in daunger, and slew the Philistim, and the Lord wrought a great saluation for al Israel: thou sawest it, and thou reioycedst: wherefore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, and slay Dauid without a cause?
Job 13:14Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my soule in mine hande?
Psalms 119:83For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
Psalms 119:152I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
1 Corinthians 15:31By your reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesus our Lord, I die dayly.
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 →