109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy 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 ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto 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 by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

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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 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine 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 ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

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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, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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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 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

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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 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy 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 am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy 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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And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 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 he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a 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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