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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:116

In 11 translations

BSB
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
KJV
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
WEB
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
ASV
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
LSV
Sustain me according to Your saying, || And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
YLT
Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
DBY
Uphold me according to thy *word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
DRC118:116
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
GNV
Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
JPS
Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.
LXXE118:116
Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.

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Original-language editions

WLC
סָמְכֵ֣נִי כְאִמְרָתְךָ֣ וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה וְאַל־תְּ֝בִישֵׁ֗נִי מִשִּׂבְרִֽי׃
LXX-Br118:116
Ἀντιλαβοῦ μου κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου, καὶ ζῆσόν με, καὶ μὴ καταισχύνῃς με ἀπὸ τῆς προσδοκίας μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
  • Psalms 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
  • 1 Peter 2:6For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  • Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
  • Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
  • Romans 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  • Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
  • Psalms 54:4Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
  • Psalms 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
  • Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
  • Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  • Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
  • Psalms 41:12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
  • Romans 9:32–33Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who…

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