Psalms 119:117

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

סְעָדֵ֥נִי וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה וְאֶשְׁעָ֖ה בְחֻקֶּ֣יךָ תָמִֽיד׃

Transliteration

səʿādēnî and-ʾiwwāšēʿâ and-ʾešʿâ in-ḥuqqêkā tāmîd

Grammar Details

*səʿādēnî*: qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - support me
*ʾiwwāšēʿâ*: niphal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will be saved
*ʾešʿâ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will regard/look to
*ḥuqqêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually/always
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*bə-*: preposition - in/with

Word Meanings

*səʿādēnî*: support me/hold me up/sustain me
*ʾiwwāšēʿâ*: I will be saved/delivered/rescued
*ʾešʿâ*: I will regard/look to/gaze upon/delight in
*ḥuqqêkā*: your statutes/decrees/ordinances
*tāmîd*: continually/always/perpetually

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Ps 119:48 : 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 119:111-112 : 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Ps 139:10 : 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Isa 41:13 : 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
John 10:28-29 : 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Rom 14:4 : 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Ps 71:6 : 6 By thee have I been holden up{H8738)} from the womb: thou art he that took{H8802)} me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
Ps 73:23 : 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden{H8804)} me by my right hand.
Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:116
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116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Ps 119:8
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8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:144-146
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144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
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Ps 119:33-34
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33HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:159
76%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:5-6
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5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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Ps 119:43-45
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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.
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Ps 119:118
75%
118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Ps 119:40
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 17:5
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5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Ps 119:167-168
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74%
167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
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Ps 119:12
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12Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:37-38
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37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
Ps 119:93-94
2 verses
74%
93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:31
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31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Ps 41:12
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12And as for me, thou upholdest{H8804)} me in mine integrity, and settest{H8686)} me before thy face for ever.
Ps 119:80
74%
80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Ps 119:15-16
2 verses
73%
15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:173
73%
173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Ps 94:18
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18When I said{H8804)}, My foot slippeth{H8804)}; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up{H8799)}.
Ps 119:88
73%
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 119:175
73%
175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Ps 119:77
73%
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:112
73%
112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Ps 119:22
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22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Ps 40:11
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11Withhold{H8799)} not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve{H8799)} me.
Ps 25:21
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21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Ps 73:23
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23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden{H8804)} me by my right hand.
Ps 119:129
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129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:66
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66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Ps 119:26-28
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72%
26I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
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Ps 119:109
72%
109My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
Ps 119:68-69
2 verses
72%
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
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Ps 16:1
72%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Ps 119:48
72%
48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 119:10
72%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Ps 119:56
72%
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.