Psalms 119:122
Please promise you'll take care of me, your servant. Don't let these arrogant people mistreat me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
In Context
121I have done what's fair and right, so please don't abandon me to my enemies.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I promise to take care of him—I'll be personally responsible for bringing him back to you. If I don't, then I will always carry the blame!
Psalms 36:11Don't let the arrogant trample me down; don't let the wicked drive me out.
Proverbs 22:26Don't shake hands and guarantee someone's debt,
Philemon 1:18If he has done you any wrong, or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:122-123
16. AIN. 121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. David here appeals to God, 1. As his witness that he had not done wrong; he could truly say, " I have done judgment and justice, that is, I have made conscience of rendering to all their due, and have not by force or fraud hindered any of their right." Take him as a king, he executed judgment and justice to all his people, 2 Sam. viii. 15 . Take him in a private… Read the whole commentary →