Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 119:117

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 119:117 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 119:117. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the psalmist, this verse means asking God to help and protect us, so we can always follow His good rules and teachings. It is like asking a strong friend to keep us safe and help us do the right things.

Psalms 119:117: Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse advises to trust in the Lord with all your heart without leaning on your own understanding, while Psalms 119:117 implies self-reliance by stating 'hold thou me up, and I shall be safe' suggesting a condition for safety.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

This verse tells us not to worry about tomorrow, contradicting Psalms 119:117's implication of future safety contingent on God's support.

Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

This verse suggests that life events are influenced by chance rather than divine support, contrasting Psalms 119:117 that attributes safety to God's holding up.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

This verse warns against trusting in man, indicating dependence on God as solely reliable, which could contrast the personal assurance expressed in Psalms 119:117.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:26

This verse talks about waiting quietly for salvation, contrasting the active assertion of assurance in Psalms 119:117.

Lamentations 3:26: [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 8:24

It says we are saved by hope, suggesting faith not by personal condition or action as implied in Psalms 119:117.

Romans 8:24: For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
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