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Psalms 119:157
157My persecutors and foes are many. I have not turned from your decrees.
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 study your statutes. 156Your compassions are many, Lord; give me life according to your judgments. My persecutors and foes are many. I have not turned from your decrees. 158I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust because they do not keep your word. 159Consider how I love your precepts; Lord, give me life according to your faithful love.
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רַ֭בִּים רֹדְפַ֣י וְצָרָ֑י מֵ֝עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:157
- Psalms 3:1Lord, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.
- Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies; they are numerous, and they hate me violently.
- Psalms 56:2My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.
- Matthew 24:9“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.
- Matthew 26:47While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- Acts 4:27“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant constantly ridicule me, but I do not turn away from your instruction.
- Psalms 44:17All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten you or betrayed your covenant.
- Job 17:9Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.
- Job 23:11My feet have followed in his tracks; I have kept to his way and not turned aside.
- Isaiah 42:4He will not grow weak or be discouraged until he has established justice on earth. The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.”
- Acts 20:23except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, 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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