Psalms 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
164Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
Psalms 119:104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
Proverbs 13:5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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 →