Psalms 119:122
Make Your servant sure for good, || Do not let the proud oppress me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
In Context
121[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, || Do not leave me to my oppressors.
123My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I am guarantor [for] him, from my hand you require him; if I have not brought him to you, and set him before you—then I have sinned against you all the days;
Psalms 36:11Do not let a foot of pride meet me, || And do not let a hand of the wicked move me.
Proverbs 22:26Do not be among those striking hands, || Among sureties [for] burdens.
Philemon 1:18and if he did hurt to you, or owes anything, charge this to me;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:122-123
16. AIN. 121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. David here appeals to God, 1. As his witness that he had not done wrong; he could truly say, " I have done judgment and justice, that is, I have made conscience of rendering to all their due, and have not by force or fraud hindered any of their right." Take him as a king, he executed judgment and justice to all his people, 2 Sam. viii. 15 . Take him in a private… Read the whole commentary →