Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
Parallel translations
- KJV Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
- BSB Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
- ESV Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually!
- NKJV Hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I shall observe Your statutes continually.
- NASB Sustain me so that I may be safe, That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.
- NLT Sustain me, and I will be rescued; then I will meditate continually on your decrees.
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 119:6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
- Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
- Ps 71:6I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
- John 10:28–29I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- Ps 17:5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Ps 139:10Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
- Rom 14:4Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
- Ps 119:111–112I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Ps 73:23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
- Ps 119:48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
- Isa 41:13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
- 1 Pet 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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