Psalms 119:21
Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
In Context
20My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.
22Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 28:15But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,
Job 40:11\40:16\His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
Psalms 119:78Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:21
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. David had prayed that God would open his eyes ( v. 18 ) and open the law ( v. 19 ); now here he pleads the earnestness of his desire for knowledge and grace, for it is the fervent prayer that avails much. 1. His desire was importunate: My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thy judgments, or (as some read it) " It is taken up, and wholly employed, in longing for thy judgments; the whole stream of its desires runs in this… Read the whole commentary →