Psalms 119:117
Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
116Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!
118Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me:
Psalms 73:23Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;
Psalms 119:48That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms 139:10Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
John 10:28And, I, give unto them life age-abiding, and in nowise shall they perish, unto times age-abiding; and no one shall carry them off out of my hand.
1 Peter 1:5who, in God’s power, are being guarded through faith unto salvation—ready to be revealed in the last ripe 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 →