Psalm 119:8
“I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 119Meaning
Aleph (vv.1–8) ends by holding commitment and dependence together: the speaker resolves to obey but still needs God's presence.
Aleph
Blessed integrity and a wholehearted resolve to keep God's instruction.
Read carefully
The verse is a plea within committed faith, not a diagnostic rule about every experience of spiritual desolation.
Reflection
Pair resolve with prayer rather than self-reliance.