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Psalm 119:117

Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
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“Hold me up” makes dependence on God the starting point for both safety and a lasting regard for what he commands.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.The plea for God to hold the speaker up shares Psalm 145's assurance that the LORD upholds those who fall.
Psalm 119:6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.Both verses link regard for God's commands with confidence: one speaks of safety, the other of freedom from disappointment.
Psalm 30:6As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”Both speak of remaining secure; Psalm 30 records confidence in prosperity, while this prayer asks God for support.
Psalm 119:15I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.Both express a resolve to attend to God's instruction, through continued respect for his statutes and meditation on his precepts.
Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,The prayer for God to hold the speaker up shares Jude's confidence in God's ability to keep people from stumbling.
Matthew 26:41Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”Both connect prayer with faithfulness: the psalm asks for support to heed God's statutes, and Jesus urges prayer against temptation.
John 10:28–29I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.Both speak of divine protection: the psalm asks God for safety, and Jesus promises that no one can snatch his people from his hand.
Isaiah 41:13For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’The request to be held up shares Isaiah's concrete language of God's help: the LORD promises to hold his people's right hand.
Romans 14:4Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.Both attribute a person's ability to stand to God: the psalm asks for support, and Romans declares God's power to provide it.
1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Both place safety in God's keeping: the psalm asks to be upheld, and Peter describes people guarded by God's power through faith.
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Encouragement

Asking God to hold you up fits with a firm resolve to heed his statutes. The verse joins dependence and obedience: the strength to stand rests with God.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).