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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:83 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I am become like a bottle
no'd (Hebrew #4997)
also (feminine) no)dah {no-daw'}; from an unused root of uncertain signification; a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)
KJV usage: bottle.
Pronounce: node
Origin: or noywd {node}
in the smoke
qiytowr (Hebrew #7008)
from 6999; a fume, i.e. cloud
KJV usage: smoke, vapour.
Pronounce: kee-tore'
Origin: or qiytor {kee-tore'}
; yet do I not forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
thy statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
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Ministry on This Verse

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like a bottle in the smoke.As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless.
Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress.
Psa. 22:15• 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. (Psa. 22:15)
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Psa. 102:3‑4• 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
 4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. (Psa. 102:3‑4)
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Job 30:30• 30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. (Job 30:30)
yet do I.
Psa. 119:16,61,176• 16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
 61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. (Psa. 119:16,61,176)
• He becomes dried and withered in soul like a bottle in the smoke. Nevertheless, the deepening trial only serves to bring out his confidence in God. His soul may faint, but hope in the Word of God remains: his eyes may fail, but faith still looks to God for comfort. His soul may be withered, but it does not forget God’s statutes. (“Psalm 119:81-88: Division 11 (Caph)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I am become like a bottleb in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.

JND Translation Notes

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A leathern bottle.