Psalms 119:109

נַפְשִׁי בְכַפִּי תָמִיד וְתֽוֹרָתְךָ לֹא שָׁכָֽחְתִּי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

In Context

108נִדְבוֹת פִּי רְצֵה ־ נָא יְהוָה וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי ׃

110נָתְנוּ רְשָׁעִים פַּח לִי וּמִפִּקּוּדֶיךָ לֹא תָעִֽיתִי ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:5וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת ־ נַפְשׁוֹ בְכַפּוֹ וַיַּךְ אֶת ־ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה תְּשׁוּעָה גְדוֹלָה לְכָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאִיתָ וַתִּשְׂמָח וְלָמָּה תֶֽחֱטָא בְּדָם נָקִי לְהָמִית אֶת ־ דָּוִד חִנָּֽם ׃

Job 13:14עַל ־ מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּֽי ׃

Psalms 119:83כִּֽי ־ הָיִיתִי כְּנֹאד בְּקִיטוֹר חֻקֶּיךָ לֹא שָׁכָֽחְתִּי ׃

Psalms 119:152קֶדֶם יָדַעְתִּי מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ כִּי לְעוֹלָם יְסַדְתָּֽם ׃

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 →

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