109 I hold my life (A)in my hand continually,
    but I do not (B)forget your law.

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109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,(A)
    I will not forget(B) your law.

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And when I saw that you would not save me, (A)I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”

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When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands(A) and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory(B) over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”

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31 I protest, brothers, by (A)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, (B)I die every day!

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31 I face death every day(A)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
    and (A)put my life in my hand?

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14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
    and take my life in my hands?(A)

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23 Are they (A)servants of Christ? (B)I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, (C)far more imprisonments, (D)with countless beatings, and (E)often near death.

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23 Are they servants of Christ?(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,(B) been in prison more frequently,(C) been flogged more severely,(D) and been exposed to death again and again.(E)

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36 As it is written,

(A)“For your sake (B)we are being killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22

152 Long have I known from your testimonies
    that you have (A)founded them forever.

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152 Long ago I learned from your statutes(A)
    that you established them to last forever.(B)

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117 (A)Hold me up, that I may be safe
    and have regard for your statutes continually!

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117 Uphold me,(A) and I will be delivered;(B)
    I will always have regard for your decrees.(C)

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83 For I have (A)become like a (B)wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.

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83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
    I do not forget(A) your decrees.

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But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that (A)I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, (B)as the Lord lives and (C)as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

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But David took an oath(A) and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

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For (A)he took his life in his hand (B)and he struck down the Philistine, (C)and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against (D)innocent blood by killing David without cause?”

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He took his life(A) in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory(B) for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent(C) man like David by killing him for no reason?”

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