Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 119:117

"Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually." — Psalms 119:117 (ASV)

Hold thou me up—Keep me from falling in the trials and temptations of life. The Hebrew word means to prop, uphold, support. The Septuagint is, “Aid me.”

And I shall be safe—And I shall be saved; or, that I may be saved. It is an acknowledgment of entire dependence on God for salvation—temporal and eternal.

And I will have respect ...—I will look to Your statutes; I will have them always in Your eye. Compare the notes at Psalms 119:6.