Psalms 119:109 meaning and explanation
I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
Psalms 119:109, Berean Standard Bible
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The psalmist speaks as a servant of the LORD whose devotion to God's law has put him in real danger, likely from rulers and the arrogant who slander and persecute him throughout this long acrostic psalm. To take one's life in one's hands is a Hebrew idiom for living under constant threat, as though his life were a fragile object he carries exposed.
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