Psalms 119 · Verse 83

Psalms 119:83

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Psalms 119:83, King James Version

Psalms 119:83 in other translations

BSBThough I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
WEBFor I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
ASVFor I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
YLTFor I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
DARBYFor I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
BBEFor I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.
WebsterFor I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet I do not forget thy statutes.

What does Psalms 119:83 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:81-83

81-83. In sorrow the pious heart yearns for the comforts of God's promises (Psa 73:26; 84:2).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 83 Like 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:81-88

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…

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Psalms 119:83 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הָ֭יִיתִיHa.yi.tiI have becomeH1961
כְּנֹ֣אדke.Nodlike a skin-bottleH4997
בְּקִיט֑וֹרbe.ki.Torin smokeH7008
חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָchu.Kei.chadecrees yourH2706
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי\׃sha.Kha.che.tiI have forgottenH7911

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:83

  • Job 30:30

    My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

  • Psalms 119:176

    I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

  • Psalms 119:61

    The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

  • Psalms 119:16

    I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  • Psalms 102:3-4

    For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

  • Psalms 22:15

    My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
like a bottle in the smoke.As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress.
22:15; 102:3,4; Job 30:30
yet do I.
16,61,176

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:82

    Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

  • Psalms 119:83

    For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

  • Psalms 119:84

    How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

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Psalms 119:83 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque estoy como el odre al humo; mas no he olvidado tus estatutos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car je suis devenu comme une outre mise à la fumée; je n’oublie pas tes statuts.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn wie ein Schlauch im Rauche bin ich geworden; deine Satzungen habe ich nicht vergessen.