Psalms 119:109
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
108Accept, I plead to you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice: wherefore then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
Job 13:14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Psalms 119:83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
Psalms 119:152Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
1 Corinthians 15:31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
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 →