KJV King James Version
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
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Psalm 119:83
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
WEB World English Bible
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
ASV American Standard Version
For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
86 All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
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Job 30:30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.Psalm 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.Psalm 119:61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.Psalm 102:3-4For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.Psalm 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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