Psalms 119:163
I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.
164Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29Take from me every false way; and in mercy give me your law.
Psalms 119:104Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
Psalms 119:128Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.
Proverbs 13:5The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
Amos 5:15Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
Ephesians 4:25And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:163
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Here is, 1. The pleasure David took in the word of God. He rejoiced at it, rejoiced that God had made such a discovery of his mind, that Israel was blessed with that light when other nations sat in darkness, that he was himself let into the understanding of it and had had experience of the power of it. He took a pleasure in reading it, hearing it, and meditating on it, and every thing he met with in it was agreeable to him. He had just now said that his… Read the whole commentary →