English Standard Version
Psalms 119:83
83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
Psalms 119:83 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am shriveled like a wineskin in the smoke, but I have not forgotten to obey your decrees.
Context of Psalms 119:83
81My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word. 82My eyes long for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?" For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes. 84How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me? 85The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:83 word by word
כִּֽי־הָ֭יִיתִי כְּנֹ֣אד בְּקִיט֑וֹר חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:83
- Psalms 22:15my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
- Psalms 102:3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
- Job 30:30My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:83
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 83Like a bottle in the smoke - In the eastern countries their bottles are made of skins; one of these hung in the smoke must soon be parched and shrivelled up. This represents the exhausted state of his body and mind by long bodily affliction and mental distress.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke - Bottles in the East were commonly made of skins. See the notes at Matthew 9:17. Such “bottles,” hanging in tents where the smoke had little opportunity to escape, would, of course, become dark and dingy, and would thus be emblems of distress, discomfort, and sorrow. The meaning here is, that, by affliction and sorrow, the psalmist had been reduced to a state which would be well represented by such a bottle. A…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 81-88Verses 81-88 The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 81-88Kaph (כ) is the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist feels exhausted from waiting for the Lord, but he still hopes for God's future rescue.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 81-8381-83. In sorrow the pious heart yearns for the comforts of God's promises (Psa 73:26; 84:2).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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