Psalms 119:162
I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
In Context
161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread.
163Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:16And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Psalms 119:72Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver.
Proverbs 16:19Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide spoil with the proud.
Jeremiah 15:16When thy words were made manifest to me, then I greedily received them; and thy word became unto me the gladness and joy of my heart; for thy name is called upon me, O Lord of hosts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:162
21. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. David here lets us know, 1. How he was discouraged in his duty by the fear of man: Princes persecuted him. They looked upon him as a traitor and an enemy to the government, and under that notion sought his life, and bade him go serve other gods, 1 Sam. xxvi. 19 . It has been the common lot of the best men to be persecuted; and the case is the worse if princes be the persecutors, for they have not only the sword in… Read the whole commentary →