Psalms 119:8
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Psalms 119:8 in other translations
| BSB | I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. |
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| WEB | I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH |
| ASV | I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly. ב BETH. |
| YLT | Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly! |
| DARBY | I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly. |
| BBE | I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely. |
| Webster | I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. |
What does Psalms 119:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:1-8
The general scope and design of this psalm is to magnify the Divine law, and make it honourable. There are ten words by which Divine revelation is called in this psalm, and each expresses what God expects from us, and what we may expect from him. 1. God's law; this is enacted by him as our Sovereign. 2. His way; this is the rule of his providence. 3. His testimonies; they are solemnly declared to the world. 4. His…
Psalms 119:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 119:8
- Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
- Psalms 51:11
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- Psalms 38:21-22
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
- Psalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- Psalms 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
- Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
- Psalms 119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- Psalms 119:115-117
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
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Context
- Psalms 119:7
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:8
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
- Psalms 119:9
ב BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Psalms 119:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tus estatutos guardaré: no me dejes enteramente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je garderai tes statuts; ne me délaisse pas tout à fait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Deine Satzungen werde ich beobachten; verlaß mich nicht ganz und gar! |