New King James Version
Psalms 119:42
42So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word.
Psalms 119:42 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
- English Standard Version (ESV)then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then I can answer those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.
Context of Psalms 119:42
40Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness. 41Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord— Your salvation according to Your word. So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word. 43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances. 44So shall I keep Your law continually, Forever and ever.
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וְאֶֽעֱנֶ֣ה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָ֑ר כִּֽי־בָ֝טַחְתִּי בִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:42
- Psalms 3:2Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah
- Psalms 42:10As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me; And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,
- Psalms 109:25I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads.
- Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
- 2 Samuel 16:7Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You bloodthirsty man, you rogue!
- 2 Samuel 19:18Then a ferryboat went across to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jordan.
- Psalms 119:49Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.
- Psalms 56:4In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalms 89:19Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
- 2 Samuel 7:12“When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 28:3But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.’
- Acts 27:25Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:42
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42So shall I have wherewith to answer - Many say, "My hope in thy mercy is vain;" but when thou fulfillest thy promises to me, then shall I answer to the confusion of their infidelity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me - I shall have something by which I may reply to those who calumniate me. So the Saviour replied to the suggestions of the tempter almost wholly by passages of Scripture Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 4:10; and so, in many cases, the best answer that can be given to reproaches on the subject of religion will be found in the very words of Scripture. A man of little learning, except that which…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-48Verses 41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41-43The psalmist asks for protection from enemies who speak harshly (see Psalms 42:10; 44:16; 89:50–51; 102:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4441-44. The sentiment more fully carried out. God's mercies and salvation, as revealed in His Word, provide hope of forgiveness for the past and security in a righteous course for the future.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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