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Psalms 119:23
23Rulers may think of ways to hurt me. But I will think carefully about your rules.
Psalms 119:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Context of Psalms 119:23
21You warn people who are proud. If they turn away from your commands, you will surely punish them. 22I obey your rules. So do not let people insult me, so that I become ashamed. Rulers may think of ways to hurt me. But I will think carefully about your rules. 24Yes, your laws make me really happy. They show me the right way to live. 25I have fallen to the ground. I am almost dead. Give me life again, as you have promised to do.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:23 word by word
גַּ֤ם יָֽשְׁב֣וּ שָׂ֭רִים בִּ֣י נִדְבָּ֑רוּ עַ֝בְדְּךָ֗ יָשִׂ֥יחַ בְּחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:23
- Psalms 2:1Why are nations making plans to turn against the Lord? All their plans will fail!
- 1 Samuel 20:31You will never rule as king while that son of Jesse is still alive. Send men to go and bring him to me now. He must die!’
- 1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to his officers, ‘Listen to me, you men of Benjamin's tribe. Do you really think that this son of Jesse will give fields and vineyards to all of you? Will he make you all officers and leaders in his army? No!
- Luke 22:66When it became day, the Jewish leaders met together. The leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law were at the meeting. Then other men brought Jesus to stand in front of them.
- Luke 23:1All the people at the meeting stood up to leave. They took Jesus to stand in front of Pilate.
- Psalms 119:15I want to think carefully about your teaching. You have shown me the best way to live.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Princes also did sit - It is very likely that the nobles of Babylon did often, by wicked misrepresentations, render the minds of the kings of the empire evil affected towards the Jews.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Princes also did sit and speak against me - This would have been applicable to David many times in his life, but it was also applicable to many others, and there is nothing in the language which would limit it to David. It is evident that the author of the psalm had been subject to reproach from those who were of exalted rank; it is clear also that he felt this keenly. It is natural, whether proper or not, that we should feel the reproach and contempt of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24Those who meditate on God’s instructions receive wise advice from them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2421-24. God will rebuke those who despise His word and deliver His servants from their reproach, giving them boldness in and by His truth, even before the greatest men. DALETH. (Psa 119:25-32).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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