Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
In Context
114My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait.
116Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope.
Cross References
Psalms 6:8(6:9) Depart from me, all ye workers of wickedness; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 26:9Take not away with sinners my soul, nor with men of blood my life;
Psalms 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:115
114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. Here is, 1. God's care of David to protect and defend him, which he comforted himself with when his enemies were very malicious against him: Thou art my hiding-place and my shield. David, when Saul pursued him, often betook himself to close places for shelter; in war he guarded himself with his shield. Now God was both these to him, a hiding-place to preserve him from danger and a shield to preserve him in danger, his life from death and his soul from… Read the whole commentary →