Psalms 119:157
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
In Context
156Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.
Psalms 7:1LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
Psalms 22:16For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 44:17All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
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 →