I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BET
Parallel translations
- KJV I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
- BSB I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
- NKJV I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly! ב Beth
- NASB I will keep Your statutes; Do not utterly abandon me! Beth
- NLT I will obey your decrees. Please don’t give up on me! Beth
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Cross-references · 10
- Ps 71:9Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
- Ps 51:11Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me.
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Ps 38:21–22Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
- Ps 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
- Ps 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
- Josh 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
- Ps 119:106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
- Ps 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
- Ps 119:115–117Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
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