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Psalm 119

Sal. 119:83 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I am become like a bottle
no'd (Hebrew #4997)
also (feminine) no)dah {no-daw'}; from an unused root of uncertain signification; a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)
KJV usage: bottle.
Pronounce: node
Origin: or noywd {node}
in the smoke
qiytowr (Hebrew #7008)
from 6999; a fume, i.e. cloud
KJV usage: smoke, vapour.
Pronounce: kee-tore'
Origin: or qiytor {kee-tore'}
; 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 statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
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Ministry on This Verse

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like a bottle in the smoke.As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless.
Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress.
Sal. 22:15• 15Secóse como un tiesto mi vigor, Y mi lengua se pegó á mi paladar; Y me has puesto en el polvo de la muerte. (Sal. 22:15)
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Sal. 102:3‑4• 3Porque mis días se han consumido como humo; Y mis huesos cual tizón están quemados.
 4Mi corazón fué herido, y secóse como la hierba; Por lo cual me olvidé de comer mi pan. (Sal. 102:3‑4)
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Job 30:30• 30Mi piel está denegrida sobre mí, Y mis huesos se secaron con ardentía. (Job 30:30)
yet do I.
Sal. 119:16,61,176• 16Recrearéme en tus estatutos: No me olvidaré de tus palabras.
 61Compañía de impíos me han robado: Mas no me he olvidado de tu ley.
 176Yo anduve errante como oveja extraviada; busca á tu siervo; Porque no me he olvidado de tus mandamientos. (Sal. 119:16,61,176)
• He becomes dried and withered in soul like a bottle in the smoke. Nevertheless, the deepening trial only serves to bring out his confidence in God. His soul may faint, but hope in the Word of God remains: his eyes may fail, but faith still looks to God for comfort. His soul may be withered, but it does not forget God’s statutes. (“Psalm 119:81-88: Division 11 (Caph)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I am become like a bottleb in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.

JND Translation Notes

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A leathern bottle.