Psalms 119:22
Do not allow them to continue to insult and scorn me; I request this because I have obeyed what you have instructed us to do.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:10He said to them, “Who does this man, this son of Jesse, think that he is? [DOU, RHQ] There are many slaves who are running away from their masters at the present time, and it seems to me that he is just one of them.
2 Samuel 16:7Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!
Job 19:2“How long will you three torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me that I am wicked?
Psalms 37:6He will show as clearly as the sunlight that you ◄are innocent/have done nothing that is wrong►; he will show as clearly as the sun at noontime [SIM] that all the things that you have decided are just.
Psalms 42:10They make fun of me constantly; they continually ask, “Why does your god not help you?” [RHQ] And when they insult me like that, it is like wounds that I feel even in my bones.
Psalms 68:19Praise the Lord, who helps us carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us. (Think about that!)
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 →