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Psalms 119:157
157Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
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.
- 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.
- 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 out your decrees. 156Your compassion, Lord, is great; preserve my life according to your laws. Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes. 158I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word. 159See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your 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 many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- Psalms 25:19See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!
- Psalms 56:2My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
- Matthew 24:9“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
- Matthew 26:47While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
- Acts 4:27Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.
- Psalms 44:17All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
- Job 17:9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
- Job 23:11My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
- Isaiah 42:4he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.”
- Acts 20:23I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, 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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