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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 119:8	King James	I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Recognizes the need of divine grace.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Recognizes the need of divine grace.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
I will keep thy statutes - Thy commands; thy laws. This expresses the firm purpose of the psalmist, He meant to keep the law of God; he could confidently say that he would do it - yet coupled with the prayer which follows, that God would not forsake him. O forsake me not utterly - Hebrew, "To very much;" so as to leave me to myself. His confidence that he would keep the commandments of God was based on the prayer that God would not leave him. There is no other ground of persuasion that we shall be able to keep the commandments of God than that which rests on the belief and the hope that He will not leave us.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

I will keep thy statutes - Thy commands; thy laws. This expresses the firm purpose of the psalmist, He meant to keep the law of God; he could confidently say that he would do it - yet coupled with the prayer which follows, that God would not forsake him.

O forsake me not utterly - Hebrew, "To very much;" so as to leave me to myself. His confidence that he would keep the commandments of God was based on the prayer that God would not leave him. There is no other ground of persuasion that we shall be able to keep the commandments of God than that which rests on the belief and the hope that He will not leave us.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Forsake me not - For then I shall fall into the foulest sins.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Forsake me not - For then I shall fall into the foulest sins.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
O forsake me not utterly - עד מאד ad meod, "to utter dereliction;" never leave me to my own strength, nor to my own heart!

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

O forsake me not utterly - עד מאד ad meod, "to utter dereliction;" never leave me to my own strength, nor to my own heart!

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