John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 119:109

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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My soul [is] continually in my hand, etc.] In the utmost jeopardy, always exposed to danger, ever delivered unto death; killed all the day long, or liable to be so: this is the sense of the phrase; (see <071203> Judges 12:3 <091905>1 Samuel 19:5); for what is in a man’s hands may easily fall, or be taken out of them: so the Targum, “my soul is in danger upon the back of my hands continually;” the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read, “in thy hands”; but wrongly; yet do I not forget thy law; it was written on his heart, and fixed in his mind; he had a true affection for it, and a hearty desire to keep it; and no danger could divert him from his duty; as Daniel, though he carried his life in his hand, yet continued to pray to his God as usual; nor could anything move the Apostle Paul from the doctrine of the Gospel, and preaching it.

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