King James Version
Psalms 119:109 in the King James Version says “My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.”
Psalms 119:109 · KJV
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“in my hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“is continually”
H8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“yet do I not forget”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
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