Psalms 119:53
Hot indignation has taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
In Context
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself.
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Cross References
Ezra 9:14shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples who do these abominations? Would thou not be angry with us till thou had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
Nehemiah 5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances,
Psalms 119:158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved because they do not observe thy word.
Daniel 4:19Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and sai
Luke 19:41And when he came near, having seen the city, he wept over it,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:53
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord ; and have comforted myself. When David was derided for his godliness he not only held fast his integrity, but, 1. He comforted himself. He not only bore reproach, but bore it cheerfully. It did not disturb his peace, nor break in upon the repose of his spirit in God. It was a comfort to him to think that it was for God's sake that he bore reproach, and that his worst enemies could find no occasion against him, save only in the matter of his God, Dan. vi. 5 . Those that… Read the whole commentary →