Psalms 119:117
Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
116Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
118Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22For all his Lawes were before mee, and I did not cast away his commandements from mee.
Psalms 73:23Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Psalms 119:48Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms 139:10Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
John 10:28And I giue vnto them eternall life, and they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand.
1 Peter 1:5Which are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation, which is prepared to be shewed 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 →