God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:157
157I have many persecutors and opponents, ⌞yet⌟ I have not turned away from your written instructions.
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
155Wicked people are far from being saved, because they have not searched for your laws. 156Your acts of compassion are many in number, O Lord. Give me a new life guided by your regulations. I have many persecutors and opponents, ⌞yet⌟ I have not turned away from your written instructions. 158I have seen traitors, and I am filled with disgust. They have not accepted your promise. 159See how I have loved your guiding principles! O Lord, in keeping with your mercy, give me a new life.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:157 word by word
רַ֭בִּים רֹדְפַ֣י וְצָרָ֑י מֵ֝עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:157
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.
- Psalms 25:19See how my enemies have increased in number, how they have hated me with vicious hatred!
- Psalms 56:2All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting against me.
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, ⌞but armed⌟ with the name of the Lord, I defeated them.
- Matthew 24:9“Then they will hand you over to those who will torture and kill you. All nations will hate you because you are committed to me.
- Matthew 26:47Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve apostles, arrived. A large crowd carrying swords and clubs was with him. They were from the chief priests and leaders of the people.
- Acts 4:27“In this city Herod and Pontius Pilate made plans together with non-Jewish people and the people of Israel. They made their plans against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
- Psalms 119:51Arrogant people have mocked me with cruelty, yet I have not turned away from your teachings.
- Psalms 44:17Although all of this happened to us, we never forgot you. We never ignored your promise.
- Job 17:9Yet, the righteous person clings to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
- Job 23:11I have followed his footsteps closely. I have stayed on his path and did not turn from it.
- Isaiah 42:4He will not be discouraged or crushed until he has set up justice on the earth. The coastlands will wait for his teachings.
- Acts 20:23However, the Holy Spirit warns me in every city that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58So, then, brothers and sisters, don’t let anyone move you off the foundation ⌞of your faith⌟. Always excel in the work you do for the Lord. You know that the hard work you do for the Lord is not pointless.
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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