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Psalms 119:109

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

KJV

My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

ASV

נַפְשִׁ֣/י בְ/כַפִּ֣/י תָמִ֑יד וְ֝/תֽוֹרָתְ/ךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי

Hebrew

My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

YLT

My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 221×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:31 — I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
  • 1Sam 19:5 — For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent bl
  • Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
  • Job 13:14 — Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
  • Job 13:14 — Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
  • Judg 12:3 — And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this
  • Judg 12:3 — And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this
  • Ps 119:16 — I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
  • Ps 119:141 — I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.