Psalm 119:8
New International Version
I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.

New Living Translation
I will obey your decrees. Please don’t give up on me! Beth

English Standard Version
I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me!

Berean Standard Bible
I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

King James Bible
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

New King James Version
I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!

New American Standard Bible
I will keep Your statutes; Do not utterly abandon me!

NASB 1995
I shall keep Your statutes; Do not forsake me utterly! Beth.

NASB 1977
I shall keep Thy statutes; Do not forsake me utterly!

Legacy Standard Bible
I shall keep Your statutes; Do not forsake me utterly!

Amplified Bible
I shall keep Your statutes; Do not utterly abandon me [when I fail].

Christian Standard Bible
I will keep your statutes; never abandon me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will keep Your statutes; never abandon me.

American Standard Version
I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

Contemporary English Version
I will obey all of them! Don't turn your back on me.

English Revised Version
I will observe thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will obey your laws. Never abandon me.

Good News Translation
I will obey your laws; never abandon me!

International Standard Version
I will keep your statutes; do not ever abandon me.

Majority Standard Bible
I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

NET Bible
I will keep your statutes. Do not completely abandon me!

New Heart English Bible
I will observe your statutes. Do not utterly forsake me.

Webster's Bible Translation
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

World English Bible
I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!

Young's Literal Translation
Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!

Smith's Literal Translation
I will watch thy laws: thou wilt not forsake me even wholly.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me.

New American Bible
I will observe your statutes; do not leave me all alone.

New Revised Standard Version
I will observe your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
I will keep thy statutes; O forsake me not utterly.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have kept your commandments, do not leave me for eternity!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I will observe Thy statutes; O forsake me not utterly.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
7I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments. 8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. 9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.…

Cross References
John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

James 1:22-25
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ...

Deuteronomy 6:5-9
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. / These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ...

Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

Matthew 7:21-23
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

1 John 2:3-6
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. / But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: ...

Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

Philippians 2:12-13
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. / For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

Matthew 5:19
So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.


Treasury of Scripture

I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

I will

Psalm 119:16,106,115
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word…

Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

O forsake

Psalm 119:116,117,176
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope…

Psalm 38:21,22
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me…

Psalm 51:11
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














I will keep Your statutes
The psalmist begins with a personal commitment, "I will keep Your statutes." The Hebrew word for "keep" is "שָׁמַר" (shamar), which conveys a sense of guarding, observing, and giving heed to something precious. This word suggests a vigilant and intentional effort to adhere to God's laws. In the historical context of ancient Israel, statutes were not merely rules but divine instructions that guided the community's relationship with God and each other. The psalmist's declaration is a heartfelt promise to live in accordance with God's will, reflecting a deep reverence and love for the divine commandments.

do not utterly forsake me
The plea "do not utterly forsake me" reveals the psalmist's awareness of human frailty and dependence on God's presence. The Hebrew word for "forsake" is "עָזַב" (azab), which means to leave, abandon, or desert. This phrase echoes the covenantal relationship between God and His people, where God promises never to leave nor forsake them (Deuteronomy 31:6). The psalmist's request is not just for personal assurance but also reflects a communal understanding of God's faithfulness. In the broader scriptural context, this plea is a humble acknowledgment of the need for divine grace and mercy, recognizing that without God's sustaining presence, one cannot fully adhere to His statutes. The psalmist's words inspire believers to trust in God's unwavering commitment to His people, even when they falter.

Verse 8. - I will keep thy statutes. This is my will and wish (see ver. 5); but, that I may be able to carry it out, O forsake me not utterly. Without thee I have no strength to do aright.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will keep
אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר (’eš·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

Your statutes;
חֻקֶּ֥יךָ (ḥuq·qe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute

do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

utterly
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

forsake me.
תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי (ta·‘az·ḇê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit


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