Psalms 119:122
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
In Context
121I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Philemon 1:18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
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 →