Psalms 119:21
You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
In Context
20My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
22Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
Cross References
Psalms 119:78Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:21
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. David had prayed that God would open his eyes ( v. 18 ) and open the law ( v. 19 ); now here he pleads the earnestness of his desire for knowledge and grace, for it is the fervent prayer that avails much. 1. His desire was importunate: My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thy judgments, or (as some read it) " It is taken up, and wholly employed, in longing for thy judgments; the whole stream of its desires runs in this… Read the whole commentary →