Psalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
King James Version
In Context
50This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
52I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Psalms 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Isaiah 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided 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 →