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Psalms 119:117

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

KJV

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

ASV

סְעָדֵ֥/נִי וְ/אִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה וְ/אֶשְׁעָ֖ה בְ/חֻקֶּ֣י/ךָ תָמִֽיד

Hebrew

Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.

YLT

Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יִשְׁע֖וּ
ysh'v
verb · 14×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נִי
ny
verb · 12×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
  • Jude 1:24 — Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
  • Matt 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Ps 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
  • Ps 18:22 — For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
  • Ps 30:6 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
  • Ps 71:6 — By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
  • Ps 119:6 — Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
  • Ps 139:10 — Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
  • Ps 145:14 — The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.