Psalms 119:8
אֶת ־ חֻקֶּיךָ אֶשְׁמֹר אַֽל ־ תַּעַזְבֵנִי עַד ־ מְאֹֽד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
In Context
7אוֹדְךָ בְּיֹשֶׁר לֵבָב בְּלָמְדִי מִשְׁפְּטֵי צִדְקֶֽךָ ׃
9בַּמֶּה יְזַכֶּה ־ נַּעַר אֶת ־ אָרְחוֹ לִשְׁמֹר כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 38:21וּמְשַׁלְּמֵי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה יִשְׂטְנוּנִי תַּחַת רדופי ־ טֽוֹב ׃
Psalms 71:9אַֽל ־ תַּשְׁלִיכֵנִי לְעֵת זִקְנָה כִּכְלוֹת כֹּחִי אַֽל ־ תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי ׃
Psalms 119:16בְּחֻקֹּתֶיךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁע לֹא אֶשְׁכַּח דְּבָרֶֽךָ ׃
Psalms 119:115סֽוּרוּ ־ מִמֶּנִּי מְרֵעִים וְאֶצְּרָה מִצְוֺת אֱלֹהָֽי ׃
Psalms 119:176תָּעִיתִי כְּשֶׂה אֹבֵד בַּקֵּשׁ עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי מִצְוֺתֶיךָ לֹא שָׁכָֽחְתִּי ׃
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 →