Psalms 119:117

117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.

Psalms 119:117 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
English Standard Version (ESV)
117 Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually!
New Living Translation (NLT)
117 Sustain me, and I will be rescued; then I will meditate continually on your decrees.
The Message Bible (MSG)
117 Stick with me and I'll be all right; I'll give total allegiance to your definitions of life.
American Standard Version (ASV)
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
117 Hold me, and I will be safe, and I will always respect your laws.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
117 Sustain me so that I can be safe and be concerned with Your statutes continually.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
117 Take good care of me, and I will be saved. I will always honor your orders.

Psalms 119:117 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:117

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe
As all are, and none but such, who are in the hands of Christ; enclosed in the arms of everlasting love, upheld with the right hand of Jehovah, supported by his promises and grace, surrounded by his power, sustained by his love, and preserved in Christ Jesus;

and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually;
for nothing can more strongly engage a constant regard unto them than a sense of divine love, and a view of safety and security in the arms of it; or better enable to keep them than fresh communications of grace and strength: being upheld, saints hold on and out to the end; they go from strength to strength, run and are not weary, walk and faint not; and, having a supply of the Spirit, walk on in the judgments of the Lord, and keep his statutes, and do them. Or, "and I will rejoice" F12 in them, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or, "employ myself" in them, as Jarchi.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 (heva) "solatiabor", Montanus; "delectabor", Pagninus, Musculus; so Ainsworth; "voluptatem capiam", Tigurine version.

Psalms 119:117 In-Context

115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
116 Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.
118 You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.

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