Psalms 119:122
Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
In Context
123My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9\43:10\Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
Psalms 36:11\36:10\O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Proverbs 22:26Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
Philemon 1:18If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:122-123
16. AIN. 121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. David here appeals to God, 1. As his witness that he had not done wrong; he could truly say, " I have done judgment and justice, that is, I have made conscience of rendering to all their due, and have not by force or fraud hindered any of their right." Take him as a king, he executed judgment and justice to all his people, 2 Sam. viii. 15 . Take him in a private… Read the whole commentary →