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<i>yet</i> do I not forget thy statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/119.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, <i>Yet</i> I do not forget Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/119.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/119.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/119.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Thy statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/119.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For I am like a wineskin in the smoke, But I do not forget Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/119.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], Yet I do not forget Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/119.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke, I do not forget your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/119.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/119.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/119.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My life is wasting away like a dried-up wineskin, but I have not forgotten your teachings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/119.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/119.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Although I have become like a shriveled and dried out wineskin, I have not forgotten your laws.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/119.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I am as useless as a discarded wineskin; yet I have not forgotten your commands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/119.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Though I have become like a water skin dried by smoke, I have not forgotten your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/119.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/119.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/119.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I do not forget your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/119.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet I do not forget thy statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/119.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/119.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For I have been as a bottle in smoke, "" I have not forgotten Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/119.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/119.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I was as a bottle in smoke; I forgot not thy laws.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/119.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/119.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 118:83>For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/119.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I am like a wineskin shriveled by smoke, but I have not forgotten your statutes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/119.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/119.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For I have suffered all disgrace; yet do I not forget thy statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/119.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because I have been like a wine skin in a frost, and your commandments I have not forgotten.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/119.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget Thy statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/119.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For I am become as a bottle in the frost: <i>yet</i> I have not forgotten thine ordinances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/119-83.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=15436" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/119.htm">Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">82</span>My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” <span class="reftext">83</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Though</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yî·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">I am</a> <a href="/hebrew/4997.htm" title="4997: kə·nōḏ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Or noywd; also no)dah; from an unused root of uncertain signification; a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids).">like a wineskin</a> <a href="/hebrew/7008.htm" title="7008: bə·qî·ṭō·wr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Thick smoke. Or qiytor; from qatar; a fume, i.e. Cloud.">dried up by smoke,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7911.htm" title="7911: šā·ḵā·ḥə·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To forget. Or shakeach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.">forget</a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: ḥuq·qe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">Your statutes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">84</span>How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-30.htm">Job 30:30</a></span><br />My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Lamentations 4:8</a></span><br />But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a></span><br />Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-21.htm">Isaiah 51:21</a></span><br />Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Isaiah 51:22</a></span><br />Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-24.htm">Jeremiah 13:24-25</a></span><br />“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind. / This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-16</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Ezekiel 24:11-12</a></span><br />Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed. / It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-8.htm">Hosea 7:8</a></span><br />Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-9</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16-18</a></span><br />Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. / For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Romans 8:18</a></span><br />I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a></span><br />Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-3.htm">2 Timothy 2:3</a></span><br />Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.</p><p class="hdg">like a bottle in the smoke.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15</a></b></br> My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3,4</a></b></br> For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/30-30.htm">Job 30:30</a></b></br> My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.</p><p class="hdg">yet do I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-16.htm">Psalm 119:16,61,176</a></b></br> I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/107-14.htm">Black</a> <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Bottle</a> <a href="/psalms/119-80.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/psalms/119-61.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/psalms/119-61.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/psalms/119-63.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/psalms/119-71.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/psalms/104-32.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/psalms/119-80.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Wineskin</a> <a href="/job/13-28.htm">Wine-Skin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/7-9.htm">Black</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Bottle</a> <a href="/psalms/119-112.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/psalms/119-93.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/psalms/119-109.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/psalms/119-109.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/psalms/119-94.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/psalms/144-5.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/psalms/119-88.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Wineskin</a> <a href="/job/13-28.htm">Wine-Skin</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 119</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-2.htm">Aleph.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-9.htm">Beth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-17.htm">Gimel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-25.htm">Daleth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-33.htm">He</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-41.htm">Waw</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-49.htm">Zayin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">57. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-57.htm">Heth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">65. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-65.htm">Teth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">73. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-73.htm">Yodh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">81. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Kaph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">89. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-89.htm">Lamedh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">97. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-97.htm">Mem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">105. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Nun</a></span><br><span class="reftext">113. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-113.htm">Samekh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">121. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-121.htm">Ayin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">129. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-129.htm">Pe</a></span><br><span class="reftext">137. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-137.htm">Tsadhe</a></span><br><span class="reftext">145. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-145.htm">Qoph</a></span><br><span class="reftext">153. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-153.htm">Resh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">161. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-161.htm">Sin and Shin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">169. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/119-169.htm">Taw</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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When exposed to smoke, a wineskin would become dry, brittle, and shriveled. This metaphor reflects a state of affliction or distress, suggesting the psalmist feels worn out and exhausted by trials. The imagery of smoke may also symbolize the transitory and consuming nature of suffering. In biblical times, smoke was often associated with sacrifice and purification, which could imply that the psalmist's suffering has a refining purpose. This metaphor can be connected to other scriptures where trials are seen as a means of spiritual growth, such as <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a>, which speaks of trials producing perseverance.<p><b>I do not forget Your statutes</b><br>Despite the psalmist's affliction, there is a steadfast commitment to God's laws and teachings. This reflects a deep-rooted faith and dedication to God's word, even in times of hardship. The term "statutes" refers to the decrees or commands given by God, emphasizing the importance of obedience and remembrance of divine law. This commitment is a recurring theme in <a href="/psalms/119.htm">Psalm 119</a>, which is an acrostic poem celebrating the Torah. The psalmist's resolve to remember God's statutes can be seen as an act of worship and trust, aligning with passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a>, which instructs believers to keep God's commandments close to their hearts. This phrase also foreshadows the perseverance of Jesus Christ, who, despite suffering, remained obedient to God's will, as seen in <a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Philippians 2:8</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/psalmist.htm">Psalmist</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/119.htm">Psalm 119</a>, traditionally believed to be King David, who expresses his devotion to God's law amidst personal affliction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/wineskin.htm">Wineskin</a></b><br>A container made from animal skin used in ancient times to store wine. When exposed to smoke, it becomes dry and shriveled, symbolizing the psalmist's condition.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_statutes.htm">God's Statutes</a></b><br>The laws and commandments given by God, which the psalmist commits to remembering despite his suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_affliction.htm">Endurance in Affliction</a></b><br>The imagery of a dried wineskin represents the psalmist's suffering. Yet, he remains steadfast in his commitment to God's word. Believers are encouraged to hold onto God's promises even when life feels desolate.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_word.htm">The Importance of God's Word</a></b><br>Despite his condition, the psalmist does not forget God's statutes. This underscores the importance of internalizing Scripture so that it sustains us in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_wineskin.htm">Symbolism of the Wineskin</a></b><br>Understanding the cultural context of a wineskin helps us appreciate the depth of the psalmist's metaphor. It invites us to consider how our own lives might feel "dried out" and how God's word can rejuvenate us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_amidst_trials.htm">Faithfulness Amidst Trials</a></b><br>The psalmist's unwavering focus on God's statutes serves as a model for maintaining faithfulness and obedience, regardless of external circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_119.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 119</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_critics_reconcile_god's_justice.htm">If Psalm 119 proclaims that God is just and good, how do critics reconcile that with Old Testament accounts of severe judgments and punishments (Psalm 119)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_day_of_christ's_meaning.htm">What secrets belong solely to the Lord?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_discernment.htm">What does the Bible teach about discernment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_law_of_moses_eternal.htm">Is the Law of Moses eternal? (Psalm 119:160 vs. Hebrews 8:13)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/119.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(83) <span class= "bld">A bottle in the smoke.</span>--The insertion of <span class= "ital">yet </span>by our translators shows that they understood this as a figure of abject misery. The wine-skin would, of course, shrivel, if hung above a fire, and would afford an apt image of the effect of trouble on an individual or community. "As wine-skin in the smoke my heart is sere and dried." Some think that as a bottle hung up anywhere in an ancient house would be in the smoke, nothing more is implied than its being set aside; but this is too weak.<p>We find in the ancient poets allusion to the custom of mellowing wine by heat:<p>"Prodit fumoso condita vina cado."--OVID: <span class= "ital">Fast. v.</span> 517.<p>(Comp. Hor. <span class= "ital">Ode </span>iii. 8, 9, 10). And so some understand the image here of the good results of the discipline of suffering. The LXX. and Vulg., instead of <span class= "ital">smoke, </span>have "hoar-frost." The Hebrew word has this meaning in <a href="/psalms/148-8.htm" title="Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word:">Psalm 148:8</a>, but in the only other place where it occurs (<a href="/genesis/19-28.htm" title="And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, see, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.">Genesis 19:28</a>) it is <span class= "ital">smoke. </span>The possibility of rendering <span class= "ital">hoar-frost </span>here suggests another explanation. The word <span class= "ital">nod </span>(bottle) may be used of a <span class= "ital">cloud, </span>and as the psalmist has just spoken of his eyes failing, we may have here only another expression for weeping.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/119.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 83.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For I am become like a bottle in the smoke</span>. Keble's paraphrase brings out the true sense - <p><span class="accented">"As wine-skin in the smoke,<br />My heart is sere and dried."</span> Wine-skins were smoked to toughen and harden them. <span class="cmt_word">Yet do I not forget thy statutes.</span> The severity of the discipline does not alienate me from thee, or cause me to depart from thy Law (comp. vers. 23, 51, 161). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/119-83.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Though</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I am</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֭יִיתִי</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a wineskin</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנֹ֣אד</span> <span class="translit">(kə·nōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4997.htm">Strong's 4997: </a> </span><span class="str2">A skin bottle, skin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dried by smoke,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקִיט֑וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qî·ṭō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7008.htm">Strong's 7008: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fume, cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forget</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḵā·ḥə·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7911.htm">Strong's 7911: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your statutes.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed or owed, a statute</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/119-83.htm">Psalm 119:83 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/119-83.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 119:83 For I have become like a wineskin (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/119-82.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 119:82"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 119:82" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/119-84.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 119:84"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 119:84" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>