Psalms 119:157
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
In Context
156Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
158I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Cross References
Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
Psalms 7:1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:157
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord : quicken me according to thy judgments. Here, 1. David admires God's grace: Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord! The goodness of God's nature, as it is his glory, so it is the joy of all the saints. His mercies are tender, for he is full of compassion; they are many, they are great, a fountain that can never be exhausted. He is rich in mercy to all that call upon him. David had spoken of the misery of the wicked ( v. 155 ); but God is good notwithstanding; there were… Read the whole commentary →