Psalms 119:116

“Uphold me according unto thy word, etc.] In thy ways, that my footsteps slip not; in thine arms, and with the right hand of thy righteousness, from fainting and sinking under difficulties and discouragements, in trying circumstances; and from slipping and sliding out of the way of God; and from a total and final filling away, according to thy word of promise, that, as are the days of thy people, their strength shall be; and that thou wilt never leave them nor forsake them. The Targum is, “uphold me in thy word;” or by thy word, either essential or written; that I may live; meaning not corporeally, though none so live but whom the Lord upholds in life; but, spiritually, live by faith on…”

“Uphold me - Sustain me in the trials and the temptations of life. Help me to bear afflictions without sinking under them; to meet temptations without yielding to them; to encounter opposition from the enemies of religion without being overcome. According unto thy word - (1) According to the requirements of thy word - that I may be conformed to them; (2) according to the promises of thy word - that they may be verified in me. That I may live - That my life may not be cut off by my foes, and that I may not sink under my burdens. And let me not be ashamed of my hope - The meaning of this is, Let not my hope prove to be delusive and vain; let it not be seen at last that it is worthless, or that…”

“Uphold: Psa 37:17, Psa 37:24, Psa 41:12, Psa 63:8, Psa 94:18; Isa 41:10, Isa 42:1 and let me: Psa 25:2; Isa 45:17; Rom 5:5, Rom 9:32, Rom 10:11; Pe1 2:6 Psalms 119:117”