Psalms 119:157
Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
In Context
156Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
158I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
Cross References
Job 23:11My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Psalms 7:1“A psalm of David, which he sang to Jehovah, on account of the reproaches of Cush the Benjamite.” O Jehovah, my God! to thee do I look for help; Save me from them that persecute me, and deliver me!
Psalms 22:16For dogs have surrounded me; Bands of evil-doers have encompassed me,—Like lions my hands and my feet.
Psalms 44:17All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
Psalms 118:10All the nations beset me around, But in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.
Psalms 119:110The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy 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 →