Psalms 119:109
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.”
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BSBPD
“I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“My soul <FI>is<Fi> in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 119:109 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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?”
- 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 reason?”
- 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, there is but a step between me and death.”
- Job 13:14Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- Psalms 119:117Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
- Psalms 119:152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
- Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 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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