Psalms 119:109

My soul is continually in my hand -The Septuagint renders this, “My soul is always in thy hands,” but the Hebrew will not admit of this construction. The idea in the original is that his soul - his life - was always in jeopardy. The expression seems to be proverbial. Anything taken in the hand is liable to be rudely snatched away. Thus a casket of jewels, or a purse of gold in the hand, may at any moment be seized by robbers. See the notes atJob 13:14. Compare1 Samuel 19:5;Judges 12:3. The meaning here is, that his life was constantly in danger.