Psalms 119:117
סְעָדֵנִי וְאִוָּשֵׁעָה וְאֶשְׁעָה בְחֻקֶּיךָ תָמִֽיד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
116סָמְכֵנִי כְאִמְרָתְךָ וְאֶֽחְיֶה וְאַל ־ תְּבִישֵׁנִי מִשִּׂבְרִֽי ׃
118סָלִיתָ כָּל ־ שׁוֹגִים מֵחֻקֶּיךָ כִּי ־ שֶׁקֶר תַּרְמִיתָֽם ׃
Cross References
Psalms 18:22כִּֽי ־ שָׁמַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵי יְהוָה וְלֹֽא ־ רָשַׁעְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי ׃
Psalms 73:23וַאֲנִי תָמִיד עִמָּךְ אָחַזְתָּ בְּיַד ־ יְמִינִֽי ׃
Psalms 119:48וְאֶשָּֽׂא ־ כַפַּי אֶֽל ־ מִצְוֺתֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אָהָבְתִּי וְאָשִׂיחָה בְחֻקֶּֽיךָ ׃
Psalms 139:10גַּם ־ שָׁם יָדְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְֽתֹאחֲזֵנִי יְמִינֶֽךָ ׃
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 →