Psalms 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
164Seven times a day do I praise Thee, because of Thy righteous ordinances.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously.
Psalms 119:104From Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:128Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right; every false way I hate.
Proverbs 13:5A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man behaveth vilely and shamefully.
Amos 5:15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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 →