Psalms 119:53
I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
In Context
52I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.
54Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.
Cross References
Ezra 9:14Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?
Nehemiah 5:6And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.
Psalms 89:30\89:29\His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
Psalms 119:158I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.
Daniel 4:19Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was at a loss for a time, his thoughts troubling him. The king made answer and said, Belteshazzar, do not be troubled by the dream or by the sense of it. Belteshazzar, answering, said, My lord, may the dream be about your haters, and its sense about those who are against you.
Luke 19:41And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for 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 →