Psalms 119:157
Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
In Context
156Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me.
158I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying.
Cross References
Job 23:11On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
Psalms 7:1“A Shiggayon of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the affairs of Cush the Benjamite.” (7:2) O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from every one of my persecutors, and deliver me:
Psalms 22:16(22:17) For dogs have encompassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: like lions [they threaten] my hands and my feet.
Psalms 44:17(44:18) All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
Psalms 118:10All nations encompassed me about; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:157
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord : quicken me according to thy judgments. Here, 1. David admires God's grace: Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord! The goodness of God's nature, as it is his glory, so it is the joy of all the saints. His mercies are tender, for he is full of compassion; they are many, they are great, a fountain that can never be exhausted. He is rich in mercy to all that call upon him. David had spoken of the misery of the wicked ( v. 155 ); but God is good notwithstanding; there were… Read the whole commentary →