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Psalms 119:109 Cross-References
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“My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.”
Psalms 119:109 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 119:109
My soul is continually in my hand (נַפְשִׁי בְכַפִּי תָמִיד, nafshi vekhapi tamid)—an idiom meaning constant danger of death. Job uses identical language: I have put my life in my hand (Job 13:14). The phrase evokes a soldier carrying his life in his palm, ready to be snatched away. The psalmist's danger is unceasing (tamid, continual, perpetual).Yet the response is stunning: yet do I not forget thy law (וְתוֹרָתְךָ לֹא שָׁכָחְתִּי, vetoraткha lo shakhachti). Mortal peril does not produce amnesia about God's Torah. This mirrors Jesus in Gethsemane—facing death yet submitting to the Father's wi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 119:109
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“I put my life in my hand”
“by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord”
“and put my life in my hand?”
“that you have founded them forever.”
“and said”
“in prisons more abundantly”
“For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.”
“and I will be safe”
“For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.{Psalm 44:22}”
“and struck the Philistine”