Psalms 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
164Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
Psalms 119:104From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
Psalms 119:128Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
Proverbs 13:5A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
Amos 5:15Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members 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 →