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Psalms 119:157
157Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned 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 because they do not seek Your statutes. 156Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances. Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies. 158I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word. 159Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
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רַ֭בִּים רֹדְפַ֣י וְצָרָ֑י מֵ֝עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:157
- Psalms 3:1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
- Psalms 56:2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- Matthew 26:47While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
- Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
- Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
- Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
- Isaiah 42:4He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
- Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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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