Psalms 119:22
Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
In Context
21You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
23Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will muse on your statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 37:6making clear as the light your right, and your just cause clear as the noon-day.
Psalms 42:10It pierces me to the heart to hear the enemy’s taunts, as all the day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 68:19Blest be the Lord who sustains us daily, the God who is also our savior. Selah
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:22
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Here is, 1. The wretched character of wicked people. The temper of their minds is bad. They are proud; they magnify themselves above others. And yet that is not all: they magnify themselves against God, and set up their wills in competition with and opposition to the will of God, as if their hearts, and tongues, and all, were their own. There is something of pride at the bottom of every wilful sin, and the tenour of their lives is… Read the whole commentary →