Psalms 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Psalms 119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
Proverbs 13:5A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
Amos 5:15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
Ephesians 4:25Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:163
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Here is, 1. The pleasure David took in the word of God. He rejoiced at it, rejoiced that God had made such a discovery of his mind, that Israel was blessed with that light when other nations sat in darkness, that he was himself let into the understanding of it and had had experience of the power of it. He took a pleasure in reading it, hearing it, and meditating on it, and every thing he met with in it was agreeable to him. He had just now said that his… Read the whole commentary →