God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:8
8I will obey your laws. Never abandon 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.
- 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 never feel ashamed when I study all your commandments. 7I will give thanks to you as I learn your regulations, which are based on your righteousness. I will obey your laws. Never abandon me. 9How can a young person keep his life pure? ⌞He can do it⌟ by holding on to your word. 10I wholeheartedly searched for you. Do not let me wander away 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 119:16Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word.
- Joshua 24:15But if you don’t want to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Even if you choose the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live, my family and I will still serve the Lord.”
- Psalms 119:116Help me God, as you promised, so that I may live. Do not turn my hope into disappointment.
- Psalms 38:21Do not abandon me, O Lord. O my God, do not be so distant from me.
- Psalms 51:11Do not force me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
- Philippians 4:13I can do everything through Christ 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
Topics related to Psalms 119:8
In the dictionaries
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
God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
Commentaries