Psalms 119:109

In 11 translations

BSB

I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

My soul [is] in my hand continually, || And I have not forgotten Your law.

YLT

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

DBY

My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.

DRC118:109

My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.

GNV

My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.

JPS

My soul is continually in my hand; yet have I not forgotten Thy law.

LXXE118:109

My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.Heb. and Alex. my.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

נַפְשִׁ֣י בְכַפִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

LXX-Br118:109

Ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ταῖς χερσὶ σου διαπαντὸς, καὶ τὸν νόμον σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Judges 12:3When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
• Job 13:14Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
• 1 Corinthians 15:31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Psalms 119:117Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
• Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
• Psalms 119:152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
• Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
• 1 Samuel 19:5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no…
• 1 Samuel 20:3But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live,…
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

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