Psalms 119:157
Many people are my enemies and many people ◄cause me to suffer/persecute me►, but I ◄do not turn aside from/have not stopped obeying► [LIT] ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
In Context
Cross References
Job 23:11I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped obeying him.
Psalms 7:1Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me in order to harm me.
Psalms 22:16My enemies [MET] surround me like a pack/group of wild dogs. A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me. They have already smashed my hands and my feet.
Psalms 44:17All these things have happened to us even though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with our ancestors.
Psalms 118:10Armies of [MTY] many nations surrounded me, but Yahweh enabled me to defeat them by his power [MTY].
Psalms 119:110Wicked people have tried to seize me like a hunter tries to catch an animal with a trap [MET], but I have not disobeyed ◄your principles of behavior/what you declared that we should do►.
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 →