Psalms 119:8
Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
In Context
7I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
9[Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe — according to Thy word.
Cross References
Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
Psalms 71:9Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
Psalms 119:16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psalms 119:115Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Psalms 119:176I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
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 →