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117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Psalms 119:117

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

  • Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

  • By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

  • And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. …

  • Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 116-117)

Here, 1. David prays for sustaining grace; for this grace sufficient he besought the Lord twice: Uphold me ; and again, Hold thou me up . He sees himself not only unable to go on in his duty by any strength of his own, but in danger of falling into sin unless he was prevented by divine grace; and therefore he is thus earnest for that grace to uphold him in his integrity (Ps. 41:12), to keep him fr…

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