Psalms 119:23
Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
In Context
22Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.
24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:31For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Psalms 119:161SHIN Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.
Luke 23:1And they all went and took him before Pilate.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:23
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. Here, 1. David prays against the reproach and contempt of men, that they might be removed, or (as the word is) rolled, from off him. This intimates that they lay upon him, and that neither his greatness nor his goodness could secure him from being libelled and lampooned. Some despised him and endeavoured to make him mean; others reproached him and endeavoured to make him odious. It has often been the lot of those that do well to be… Read the whole commentary →