Psalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not turned aside from Thy law.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
In Context
50This is my comfort in my affliction, that Thy word hath quickened me.
52I have remembered Thine ordinances which are of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
Psalms 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err from Thy commandments.
Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me; but I with my whole heart will keep Thy precepts.
Psalms 123:3Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt.
Isaiah 42:4He shall not fail nor be crushed, till he have set the right in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his teaching.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:51
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. Here is David's experience of benefit by the word. 1. As a means of his sanctification: " Thy word has quickened me. It made me alive when I was dead in sin; it has many a time made me lively when I was dead in duty; it has quickened me to that which is good when I was backward and averse to it, and it has quickened me in that which is good when I was cold and indifferent." 2. Therefore as a means of his consolation when he was in affliction… Read the whole commentary →