Psalms 119:109

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַפְשִׁ֣י בְכַפִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

Transliteration

napšî in-kappî tāmîd and-tôrātəkā not šākāḥtî

Grammar Details

*napšî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*kappî*: feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my palm/hand
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually/always
*tôrātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
*šākāḥtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten
*bə-*: preposition - in/with
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not

Word Meanings

*napšî*: my soul/life/self
*kappî*: my palm/hand
*tāmîd*: continually/always/perpetually
*tôrātəkā*: your law/instruction/teaching
*šākāḥtî*: I have forgotten

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:14 : 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Judg 12:3 : 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 119:117 : 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:152 : 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written , For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
1 Cor 15:31 : 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ?(I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 119:61
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61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 119:153
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153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Ps 119:141
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141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Ps 63:8
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8My soul followeth hard{H8804)} after thee: thy right hand upholdeth{H8804)} me.
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110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Ps 119:19-20
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19I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
Ps 119:92-93
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92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Ps 119:167-168
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167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:55-56
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55I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:173-176
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173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
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176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 119:8
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8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:139
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139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Ps 119:16
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16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:43-44
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43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Ps 119:129
72%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:10-11
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10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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Ps 73:23
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23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden{H8804)} me by my right hand.
Ps 119:143
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143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Ps 119:117
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117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 137:5
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Ps 119:87
71%
87They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
Ps 119:108
71%
108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Ps 31:15
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15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Lam 3:20
71%
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Ps 119:159
71%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:25
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25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Ps 139:10
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10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Ps 119:157
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157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Ps 143:6
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6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Ps 77:10
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10And I said{H8799)}, This is my infirmity{H8763)}: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
Ps 119:53
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53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Ps 119:83
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83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 119:28
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28My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Ps 119:81
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81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Ps 119:120
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120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Ps 119:34
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34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:77
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77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:136
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136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Ps 141:8
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8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Ps 16:8
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8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Ps 119:106
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106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.