John Trapp on Psalms 119:7-8

Verſ. 7 I will praiſe thee with uprightneſſe] David was yet but a learner; and if God would teach him to profit in knowledge and holineſſe, hee would lift up many an humble, joyfull and thankfull heart to him.

Verſ. 8Lucan. I will keep thy Statutes] Yea and that very much, or with vehemency, as ſome read it, uſque valde; this hee had ſaid before was Gods command, verſ. 4. and hee would do it. Juſſa ſequi tam velle mihi quam poſſe neceſſe eſt.

O for ſake mee not] Or if at all (as thou mayeſt without breach of promiſe) yet not very much; not uſque valde; not utterly. Chriſt, ſaith Greenham, was forſaken for a few hours. David for a few months, and Job for a few years; ſeven years, faith Suidas, for the triall and exerciſe of his faith and patience. This might ſeem to them uſque valde, but it was not [illegible: 1 span]. Leave them God did to their thinking, but forſake them hee did not; forſake them he did in regard of viſion, but not in regard of union: [illegible: 1 span].