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Psalms 119:83 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 83. 83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 119:83: The reason or consequence in “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke” supports the surrounding claim in “Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Kaph stanza.”
Kaph is the faint stanza: soul and eyes failing toward a delayed word
This verse is one part of that explanation in Psalms 119:81–88. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Psalms 119:81–88
- Psalms 119:1–176
Read Psalms 119:83 with 119:81–88 and 119:1–176. Read alone, “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 119:81–88, the individual voice carries the movement “Kaph stanza” as part of “Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah.” Its acrostic-torah-prayer form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 119:81–88 contrasts with “Yodh stanza” within Psalm 119 by carrying “Kaph stanza.” The turn from “Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed” to “My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word” explains why this movement occurs here. Within that relationship, Psalm 119:83 supplies a reason or consequence through “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke” and must be read with the claim it supports.
What Remains True
In “Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Kaph stanza,” Psalm 119:83 supplies a reason or consequence through “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke” and must be read with the claim it supports. The resulting truth stays bounded by this movement: Wisdom is formed through sustained attention to the LORD's instruction and embodied choices, not through a formula that guarantees ease or status. The local movement is “Kaph stanza.” The unit's reviewed limit is: Torah devotion includes lament, persecution, and dependence; it is not legalistic self-salvation, a promise of ease, or permission to impose coercive rule-keeping.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Psalms 119:81–88 — Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Kaph stanzaSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
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Exact location: Psalms 119:81–88, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 119:81–88.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 119 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 119:81–88
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