Psalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision, [yet] I have not swerved from thy law.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
In Context
50This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy word has revived me.
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
Psalms 119:21Thou have rebuked the proud, who are cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me. With my whole heart I will keep thy precepts.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Isaiah 42:4He will not fail nor be discouraged till he has set justice in the earth. And in his name Gentiles will hope (LXX/NT).
Luke 16:14And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:51
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. Here is David's experience of benefit by the word. 1. As a means of his sanctification: " Thy word has quickened me. It made me alive when I was dead in sin; it has many a time made me lively when I was dead in duty; it has quickened me to that which is good when I was backward and averse to it, and it has quickened me in that which is good when I was cold and indifferent." 2. Therefore as a means of his consolation when he was in affliction… Read the whole commentary →