Psalms 119:117 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 119:117 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Hold thou me up - Keep me from falling in the trials and temptations of life. The Hebrew word means to prop, uphold, support. The Septuagint is, “Aid me.” And I shall be safe - And I shall be...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (c) Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. (c) He desires God's continual assistance, lest he should faint in this race, which he had begun.

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• Psalms 119:117 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  and. shall be safe . so shall. be saved. have respect unto. Aram, and Syriac read "find dear delight in". Septuagint reads "shall meditate".

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• Psalms 119:117 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Hold thou me up - I shall grow weary and faint in the way, if not strengthened and supported by thee. And...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I will have respect unto— Or, I shall delight myself in.

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• Psalms 119:117 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe (cf. Deuteronomy 33:27 , the assurance which the believer...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Time for the Lord to Work” Psalms 119:113-128 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their fate. Therefor...

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• Psalms 119:117 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  SAMECH. After the observations which have been proposed upon the foregoing portions of this most blessed Psalm, the Reader will not be surprised, neither, I hope, offended, if I go on to accept this...

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• Psalms 119:117 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe ,.... As all are, and none but such, who are in the hands of Christ; enclosed in the arms of everlasting love, upheld with the right hand of Jehovah, supported b...

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• Psalms 119:117 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Ver. 117. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe ] No longer are we safe from sin and punishment than God...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.   117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And being freed from those distractions and diversions which my pressing dangers occasion, I will wholly devote myself to the study and practice of thy blessed word.

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• Psalms 119:117 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  We will read tonight two of the stanzas which make up the 119 th Psalm, beginning at the 105 th verse. Psalms 119:105 . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. God's Word is f...

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• Psalms 119:117 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...

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• Psalms 119:117 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in Thy Word. The Guardian and Support of souls I. The guardianship of god enjoyed. “Hiding-place” is a place of protection, a place where the enem...

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• Psalms 119:117 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...

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• Psalms 119:117 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Samech. The Need of a Firm Stand for the Truth of God's Word.

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• Psalms 119:117 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 1:5 ; Isaiah 41:13 ; John 10:28 ; John 10:29 ; Jude 1:24 ; Psalms 139:10 ; Psalms 17:5 ; Psalms 71:6 ; Psalms 73:23 ; Romans 14:4

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