Psalms 119:22
Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
In Context
21Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
23Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who [is] David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei in his reviling, 'Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
Job 19:2Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?
Psalms 37:6And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.
Psalms 42:10With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God?'
Psalms 68:19Blessed [is] the Lord, day by day He layeth on us. God Himself [is] our salvation. Selah.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:22
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Here is, 1. The wretched character of wicked people. The temper of their minds is bad. They are proud; they magnify themselves above others. And yet that is not all: they magnify themselves against God, and set up their wills in competition with and opposition to the will of God, as if their hearts, and tongues, and all, were their own. There is something of pride at the bottom of every wilful sin, and the tenour of their lives is… Read the whole commentary →