Psalms 119:162
שָׂשׂ אָנֹכִֽי עַל ־ אִמְרָתֶךָ כְּמוֹצֵא שָׁלָל רָֽב ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
In Context
161שָׂרִים רְדָפוּנִי חִנָּם ומדבריך פָּחַד לִבִּֽי ׃
163שֶׁקֶר שָׂנֵאתִי וַאֲתַעֵבָה תּוֹרָתְךָ אָהָֽבְתִּי ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:16וַיֹּרִדֵהוּ וְהִנֵּה נְטֻשִׁים עַל ־ פְּנֵי כָל ־ הָאָרֶץ אֹכְלִים וְשֹׁתִים וְחֹגְגִים בְּכֹל הַשָּׁלָל הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר לָקְחוּ מֵאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמֵאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָֽה ׃
Psalms 119:72טֽוֹב ־ לִי תֽוֹרַת ־ פִּיךָ מֵאַלְפֵי זָהָב וָכָֽסֶף ׃
Proverbs 16:19טוֹב שְׁפַל ־ רוּחַ אֶת ־ עניים מֵֽחַלֵּק שָׁלָל אֶת ־ גֵּאִֽים ׃
Jeremiah 15:16נִמְצְאוּ דְבָרֶיךָ וָאֹכְלֵם וַיְהִי דבריך לִי לְשָׂשׂוֹן וּלְשִׂמְחַת לְבָבִי כִּֽי ־ נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלַי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאֽוֹת ׃ ס
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:162
21. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. David here lets us know, 1. How he was discouraged in his duty by the fear of man: Princes persecuted him. They looked upon him as a traitor and an enemy to the government, and under that notion sought his life, and bade him go serve other gods, 1 Sam. xxvi. 19 . It has been the common lot of the best men to be persecuted; and the case is the worse if princes be the persecutors, for they have not only the sword in… Read the whole commentary →