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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:109 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
is continually
tamiyd (Hebrew #8548)
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV usage: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.
Pronounce: taw-meed'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch
int my hand
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
: yet do I not forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
thy law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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Job 13:14• 14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? (Job 13:14)

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Law,
Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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My soul.Rather, "My life {naphshee} is continually in my hand;" i.e., it is in constant danger; every hour I am on the confines of death.
The LXX., Syriac, and Ethiopic read, "in thy hand;" but this is a conjectural and useless alteration.
Judg. 12:3• 3And 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? (Judg. 12:3)
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1 Sam. 19:5• 5For 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. 19:5)
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1 Sam. 20:3• 3And 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. (1 Sam. 20:3)
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Job 13:14• 14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? (Job 13:14)
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Rom. 8:36• 36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. (Rom. 8:36)
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1 Cor. 15:31• 31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (1 Cor. 15:31)
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2 Cor. 11:23• 23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. (2 Cor. 11:23)
yet do I not.
Psa. 119:83,117,152• 83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
 117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
 152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. (Psa. 119:83,117,152)
• His state of affliction and even danger was great, his soul was continually in his hand; but this did not alter his purpose, he does not forget God's law. He was not so absorbedly in the danger as to put this out of his mind. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)
• So real is the trial that the godly man’s life is continually in his hand, while surrounded by the snares of the wicked (1 Sam. 19:5; Job 13:14). Nevertheless, the continual presence of evil does not lead to the Word being forgotten. (“Psalm 119:105-112: Division 14 (Nun)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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