Psalms 119:8

Psalms 119:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
• 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!
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will obey your decrees. Please don’t give up on me!

Context of Psalms 119:8

6Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands. 7I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me. 9How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. 10I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

Psalms 119:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• thy statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• O forsakeעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• me not utterlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Psalms 119:8

• Psalms 119:16I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
• Joshua 24:15But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
• Psalms 119:116Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
• Psalms 38:21Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.
• Psalms 51:11Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
• Philippians 4:13I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

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

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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