Psalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
In Context
50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.
52I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
Cross References
Job 23:11My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Psalms 119:21Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
Psalms 119:69The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD! have mercy upon us, For we are overwhelmed with contempt!
Isaiah 42:4He shall not fail, nor become weary, Until he shall have established justice in the earth. And distant nations shall wait for his law.
Luke 16:14And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all this, and they derided him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:51
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. Here is David's experience of benefit by the word. 1. As a means of his sanctification: " Thy word has quickened me. It made me alive when I was dead in sin; it has many a time made me lively when I was dead in duty; it has quickened me to that which is good when I was backward and averse to it, and it has quickened me in that which is good when I was cold and indifferent." 2. Therefore as a means of his consolation when he was in affliction… Read the whole commentary →