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Psalms 119:157
157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.
Psalms 119:157 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
- New International Version (NIV)Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
Context of Psalms 119:157
155Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes. 156Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O Lord; Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies. 158I see the treacherous and loathe them, Because they do not respect Your law. 159Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me and give me life, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:157 word by word
רַ֭בִּים רֹדְפַ֣י וְצָרָ֑י מֵ֝עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:157
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, how my enemies have increased! Many are rising up against me.
- Psalms 22:12Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
- Psalms 25:19Look upon my enemies, for they are many; They hate me with cruel and violent hatred.
- Psalms 56:2My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
- Psalms 118:10All nations encompassed me; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
- Matthew 24:9“Then they will hand you over to [endure] tribulation, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- Matthew 26:47As Jesus was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot], one of the twelve [disciples], came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, [who came as representatives] from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- Acts 4:27For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly ridicule me, Yet I do not turn away from Your law.
- Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].
- Job 17:9Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
- Job 23:11My feet have carefully followed His steps; I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
- Isaiah 42:4He will not be disheartened or crushed [in spirit]; [He will persevere] until He has established justice on the earth; And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”
- Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit solemnly [and emphatically] affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].
Commentaries on Psalms 119:157
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies - The thought here turns on the number of his enemies, and on the effect which numbers might have in turning one from the way of truth. We might meet one such enemy, and overcome him; we might resist the influence of one in endeavoring to turn us away from the truth, but the danger of falling is much increased when numbers are combined in persecuting us, or in seeking to turn us away from our religion - when it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 153-160Verses 153-160 The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even seek them. They flatter…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 153-160Resh (ר): This request for life appears throughout Psalm 119, but it is focused in this stanza.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 157157. (Compare Psa 119:86, 87, 95).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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