Psalms 119:21
Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
In Context
20Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
22Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3And Moses cometh in — Aaron also — unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,
Deuteronomy 27:15'Cursed [is] the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put [it] in a secret place, — and all the people have answered and said, Amen.
Deuteronomy 28:15'And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:
Nehemiah 9:16'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
Job 40:11Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Psalms 119:78Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:21
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. David had prayed that God would open his eyes ( v. 18 ) and open the law ( v. 19 ); now here he pleads the earnestness of his desire for knowledge and grace, for it is the fervent prayer that avails much. 1. His desire was importunate: My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thy judgments, or (as some read it) " It is taken up, and wholly employed, in longing for thy judgments; the whole stream of its desires runs in this… Read the whole commentary →