Psalms 119:109

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Psalms 119:109  (King James Version)
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
 


My soul
Rather, "My life {naphshee} is continually in my hand;" i
e., it is in constant danger; every hour I am on the confines of death
The LXX., Syriac, and Ethiopic read, "in thy hand;" but this is a conjectural and useless alteration.
Judges 12:3 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 20:3 Job 13:14 ; Romans 8:36 ; 1 Corinthians 15:31 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23

yet do I not
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