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Psalms 119:8
8I shall keep Your statutes; Do not utterly abandon me [when I fail].
Psalms 119:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
- New International Version (NIV)I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
Context of Psalms 119:8
6Then I will not be ashamed When I look [with respect] to all Your commandments [as my guide]. 7I will give thanks to You with an upright heart, When I learn [through discipline] Your righteous judgments [for my transgressions]. I shall keep Your statutes; Do not utterly abandon me [when I fail]. 9How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts]. 10With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You]; Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:8 word by word
אֶת־חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי עַד־מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:8
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Joshua 24:15If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
- Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to Your word [of promise], so that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope [in Your great goodness].
- Psalms 38:21Do not abandon me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me.
- Psalms 51:11Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.]
Commentaries on Psalms 119:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8O forsake me not utterly - מאד עד ad meod, "to utter dereliction;" never leave me to my own strength, nor to my own heart!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I will keep thy statutes - Thy commands; thy laws. This expresses the firm purpose of the psalmist, He meant to keep the law of God; he could confidently say that he would do it - yet coupled with the prayer which follows, that God would not forsake him. O forsake me not utterly - Hebrew, “To very much;” so as to leave me to myself. His confidence that he would keep the commandments of God was based on the prayer that God would not leave him. There is no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8Aleph (א) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 119 is written as an acrostic poem. Each section has eight verses, and every verse in that section begins with the same Hebrew letter. The first section begins with Aleph. God, the author of these instructions, commands that his followers live by them. The psalmist prays to be given the grace to live by that revelation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Recognizes the need of divine grace. BETH. (Psa 119:9-16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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