Prayer for Divine Upholding and Preservation
W. Jay. Psalm 119:117 Hold you me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to your statutes continually. I. A LIVELY CONCERN FOR HIS SPIRITUAL PRESERVATION. II. A SOLEMN APPREHENSION OF HIS CONTINUAL MORAL DANGER. III. A CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS ENTIRE WEAKNESS AND INABILITY TO UPHOLD HIMSELF. IV. A FIRM CONFIDENCE IN THE ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF DIVINE GRACE. V. A PRAYERFUL FRAME OF MIND, OR A SPIRIT OF SUPPLICATION. If I believe that I am too weak to support myself, and if I am desirous of my safety, I shall naturally go to the strong for strength. If I behold a number of enemies for which I am no adequate match, I shall never engage with them alone, but rather inform the Captain of my salvation, who will come to my escape, who will go with me, and "teach my hands to war, and my fingers to fight," and make me "more than a conqueror." (W. Jay.) Parallel Verses KJV: Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. WEB: Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.