Psalms 119:163
Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
In Context
162I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
164Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Cross References
Psalms 119:29The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
Psalms 119:104From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Psalms 119:128Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
Proverbs 13:5A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
Amos 5:15Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.
Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:163
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Here is, 1. The pleasure David took in the word of God. He rejoiced at it, rejoiced that God had made such a discovery of his mind, that Israel was blessed with that light when other nations sat in darkness, that he was himself let into the understanding of it and had had experience of the power of it. He took a pleasure in reading it, hearing it, and meditating on it, and every thing he met with in it was agreeable to him. He had just now said that his… Read the whole commentary →