Psalms 119:22
Roll away from me reproach and contempt; for thy testimonies have I kept.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
In Context
21Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud, who go erringly astray from thy commandments.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? now-a-days there are many servants that break away every one from his master.
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shim'i as he cursed, Away, away, thou man of blood, and thou worthless man!
Job 19:2How long will ye grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
Psalms 37:6And he will bring forth as the light thy righteousness, and the justice of thy [cause] as the noonday.
Psalms 42:10(42:11) It is as death in my bones, when my assailants reproach me; when they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 68:19(68:20) Blessed be the Lord; day by day he loadeth us [with benefits]; our God is our salvation. Selah.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:22
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Here is, 1. The wretched character of wicked people. The temper of their minds is bad. They are proud; they magnify themselves above others. And yet that is not all: they magnify themselves against God, and set up their wills in competition with and opposition to the will of God, as if their hearts, and tongues, and all, were their own. There is something of pride at the bottom of every wilful sin, and the tenour of their lives is… Read the whole commentary →