Psalms 119:23
Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
In Context
22Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
24Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:31For as long as the sonne of Ishai liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fet him vnto me, for he shall surely die.
Psalms 2:1Why doe the heathen rage, and the people murmure in vaine?
Psalms 119:161SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
Luke 23:1Then the whole multitude of them arose, and led him vnto Pilate.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:23
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. Here, 1. David prays against the reproach and contempt of men, that they might be removed, or (as the word is) rolled, from off him. This intimates that they lay upon him, and that neither his greatness nor his goodness could secure him from being libelled and lampooned. Some despised him and endeavoured to make him mean; others reproached him and endeavoured to make him odious. It has often been the lot of those that do well to be… Read the whole commentary →