Psalms 119:83 meaning and explanation

Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

Psalms 119:83, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a faithful worshiper of the LORD, likely suffering unjustly, who throughout this long acrostic psalm pleads for God to revive him while declaring his love for God's law. A wineskin was a leather bag for holding wine; hung near a fire or left in smoke, it would dry, crack and become useless.

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