Psalms 119:23
Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
In Context
22Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
24Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
Cross References
Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, And the nations meditate a vain thing?
Psalms 119:161Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Luke 23:1And the whole assemblage of them arose, and carried him before Pilate.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:23
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. Here, 1. David prays against the reproach and contempt of men, that they might be removed, or (as the word is) rolled, from off him. This intimates that they lay upon him, and that neither his greatness nor his goodness could secure him from being libelled and lampooned. Some despised him and endeavoured to make him mean; others reproached him and endeavoured to make him odious. It has often been the lot of those that do well to be… Read the whole commentary →