English Standard Version
Psalms 119:161
161Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
Psalms 119:161 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Princes persecute me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Powerful people harass me without cause, but my heart trembles only at your word.
Context of Psalms 119:161
159Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love. 160The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. 162I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. 163I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:161 word by word
שָׂ֭רִים רְדָפ֣וּנִי חִנָּ֑ם וּ֝מִדְּבָרְךָ֗ פָּחַ֥ד לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:161
- Psalms 119:23Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
- 1 Samuel 24:9And David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Behold, David seeks your harm'?
- 1 Samuel 26:18And he said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?
- John 15:25But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.'
- Psalms 4:4Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
- Genesis 39:9He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?"
- Genesis 42:18On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
- 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
- Nehemiah 5:15The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
- Job 31:23For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
- Isaiah 66:2All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
- Jeremiah 36:23As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a knife and throw them into the fire in the fire pot, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the fire pot.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:161
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 161Princes have persecuted me without a cause - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Schin (שׂ ś and שׁ sh ) - corresponding to our “s,” or “sh.” On the meaning of the expression here, see Psalm 119:23, note; Psalm 119:76, note. But my heart standeth in awe of thy word - I still reverence thy word. I am not deterred from keeping thy law by any threats or intimidations. This is in accordance with the uniform statements…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 161-168Verses 161-168 Those whose hearts stand in awe of God's word, will rather endure the wrath of man, than break the law of God. By the word of God we are unspeakable gainers. Every man hates to have a lie told him, but we should more hate telling a lie; by the latter we give an affront to God. The more we see the beauty of truth, the more we shall see the hateful deformity of a lie. We are to praise God even for afflictions; through grace we get good from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 161-164my heart fears … I rejoice: Fear, trembling, and joy show the psalmist’s devotion to God. God’s word is a treasure (great spoil). In the Old Testament, the number seven represents wholeness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 161-165161-165. (Compare Psa 119:46, 86). awe--reverential, not slavish fear, which could not coexist with love (Psa 119:163; 1Jo 4:8). Instead of fearing his persecutors, he fears God's Word alone (Lu 12:4, 5). The Jews inscribe in the first page of the great Bible (Ge 28:17), "How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"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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