Psalms 119:8

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 shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 7I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly. 9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word. 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

Psalms 119:8 word by word

אֶת־חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי עַד־מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• forsakeעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800

Cross-references for Psalms 119:8

• Psalms 119:16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
• Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
• Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to thy *word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
• Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.
• Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not the spirit of thy holiness from me.
• Philippians 4:13I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.

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

Topics related to Psalms 119:8

• Decision
• Instruction
• Law
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

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