Psalms 119:163
Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil.
164Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law.
Psalms 119:104Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood.
Psalms 119:128Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate.
Proverbs 13:5The righteous hateth the word of falsehood; but the wicked bringeth shame and dishonor.
Amos 5:15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice firmly in the gate: perhaps 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 →