Psalms 119:114
Thou art my covert and my shield; in Thy word do I hope.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
In Context
113SAMECH. I hate them that are of a double mind; but Thy law do I love.
115Depart from me, ye evildoers; that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Cross References
Psalms 3:4(3-5) With my voice I call unto the LORD, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah
Psalms 84:11(84-12) For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 119:43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I hope in Thine ordinances;
Psalms 119:81CAPH. My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope.
Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as in a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as by the watercourses in a dry place, as in the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:114
15. SAMECH. 113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Here we have, 1. David's dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it: I hate vain thoughts. He does not mean that he hated them in others, for there he could not discern them, but he hated them in his own heart. Every good man makes conscience of his thoughts, for they are words to God. Vain thoughts, how light soever most make of them, are sinful and hurtful, and therefore we should account them hateful and dreadful, for they do not only… Read the whole commentary →