Psalms 119:8
I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
In Context
7I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
9BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
Cross References
Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.
Psalms 71:9Cast mee not off in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psalms 119:16I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
Psalms 119:115Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
Psalms 119:176I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:8-9
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Here is, I. David's endeavour to perfect himself in his religion, and to make himself (as we say) master of his business. He hopes to learn God's righteous judgments. He knew much, but he was still pressing forward and desired to know more, as knowing this, that he had not yet attained; but as far as perfection is attainable in this life he reached towards it, and… Read the whole commentary →