English Standard Version
Psalms 119:157
157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Many persecute and trouble me, yet I have not swerved from your laws.
Context of Psalms 119:157
155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes. 156Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies. 158I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands. 159Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:157 word by word
רַ֭בִּים רֹדְפַ֣י וְצָרָ֑י מֵ֝עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:157
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
- Psalms 25:19Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
- Psalms 56:2my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
- Psalms 118:10All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
- Matthew 24:9"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
- Matthew 26:47While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
- Acts 4:27for truly 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 insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
- Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
- Job 17:9Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
- Job 23:11My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
- Isaiah 42:4He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
- Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor 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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