Psalms 119:21
Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
In Context
20Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
22Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3Then came Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and they said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Ebrewes, Howe long wilt thou refuse to humble thy selfe before me? Let my people goe, that they may serue me.
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that shall make any carued or molten image, which is an abomination vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman, and putteth it in a secrete place: And all the people shall answere, and say: So be it.
Deuteronomy 28:15But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe and to do all his commandementes and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then al these curses shall come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,
Job 40:11Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
Psalms 119:78Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:21
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. David had prayed that God would open his eyes ( v. 18 ) and open the law ( v. 19 ); now here he pleads the earnestness of his desire for knowledge and grace, for it is the fervent prayer that avails much. 1. His desire was importunate: My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thy judgments, or (as some read it) " It is taken up, and wholly employed, in longing for thy judgments; the whole stream of its desires runs in this… Read the whole commentary →