English Standard Version
Psalms 119:8
8I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me!
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will obey your decrees. Please don’t give up on me!
Context of Psalms 119:8
6Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. 7I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules. I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me! 9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
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 24:15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
- Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
- Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not far from me!
- Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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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