Psalms 119:22
Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
In Context
21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
23Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:10Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
2 Samuel 16:7Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
Job 19:2“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?
Psalms 37:6he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. 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 →