Psalms 119:51
The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
In Context
50It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
52I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
Psalms 119:21Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
Psalms 119:69The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalms 123:3Haue mercie vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercie vpon vs: for we haue suffered too much contempt.
Isaiah 42:4He shall not faile nor be discouraged till he haue set iudgement in the earth: and the yles shall waite for his lawe.
Luke 16:14All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:51
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. Here is David's experience of benefit by the word. 1. As a means of his sanctification: " Thy word has quickened me. It made me alive when I was dead in sin; it has many a time made me lively when I was dead in duty; it has quickened me to that which is good when I was backward and averse to it, and it has quickened me in that which is good when I was cold and indifferent." 2. Therefore as a means of his consolation when he was in affliction… Read the whole commentary →