Psalms 119:109

in my hand. An idiom for great danger. Compare Judges 12:3. 1Sa 19:5. 1 Samuel 28:21.Job 13:14.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:109

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul is continually in my hand - The Septuagint renders this, “My soul is always in thy hands,” but the Hebrew will not admit of this construc...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

My (d) soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. (d) That is, I am in continual danger of my life.
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 beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

109. My soul is continually in my hand. He declares, that no calamities, afflictions, or dangers, which he had experienced: had withdrawn hi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. My soul is continually in my hand - נפשי naphshi, my life; that is, it is in consta...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My soul is continually in my hand— See Job 13:14 . Some copies read thy hand, and they are followed by Appolinarius, and the Ethiopic and Arabic...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law - i:e., my lif...
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 s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

My soul , etc.] i.e. my life is ever in jeopardy.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My soul. — For this figure of peril see Judges 12:3 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 , &c.
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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Thy Word Is a Lamp, unto My Feet” Psalms 119:97-112 The psalmist cries, O how love I thy law! He then proceeds to say that he has become wis...
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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

NUN. I pass over several very interesting observations which might be offered on the verses in this portion, (for there is not a part of them but is...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My soul [is] continually in my hand ,.... In the utmost jeopardy, always exposed to danger, ever delivered unto death; killed all the day long, or l...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. Ver. 109. My soul (or life) is continually in my hand] i.e. Continually hazarde...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My soul is continually in my hand Exposed to perpetual and extreme danger, as any precious and frail thing is which a man carries openly in his han...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy pre...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In my hand; exposed to perpetual and extreme danger, as any precious and frail thing is which a man carrieth openly in his hand, whence it may easi...
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 ;...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:109 The character of Isaiah. I. The character of Isaiah is apparent through his writings, in all its clear and separate parts, as the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:89 . For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Other things come, and go, and change, moons wax and wane, tides ebb and flow, e...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:105 . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often calle...
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...
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 Biblical Illustrator

My soul is continually in my hand. Religion Religion is here presented in three aspects. I. As a deeply felt need in the immediate prospect...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My soul is continually in my hand, he realizes that death may seize him at any time, and therefore is always prepared for it; yet do I not forget Th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:31 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 20:3 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23 ; Job 13:14 ; Judges 12:3 ; Psalms 119:117 ; Psalms 119:152 ; Psal...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is — Exposed to perpetual danger.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:109

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:109