Psalms 119:117
Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
Young's Literal Translation
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
116Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
118Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22For all His judgments [are] before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.
Psalms 73:23And I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
Psalms 119:48And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
Psalms 139:10Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
John 10:28and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish — to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;
1 Peter 1:5who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last 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 →