King James Version
Psalms 119:83
83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Psalms 119:83 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
- 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 fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:83 word by word
כִּֽי־הָ֭יִיתִי כְּנֹ֣אד בְּקִיט֑וֹר חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:83
- Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
- Job 30:30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy 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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