Psalms 119:109
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In Context
108Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:5yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?'
Job 13:14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
Psalms 119:83For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
Psalms 119:152Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
1 Corinthians 15:31Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord:
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 →