Psalms 119:78
Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
77Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
79Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:17And he saith unto David, 'More righteous thou [art] than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil;
Psalms 1:2But — in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
Psalms 25:3Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.
Psalms 35:26They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.
Psalms 109:3They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.
Psalms 119:21Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:77-78
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. Here is, 1. An earnest petition to God for his favour. Those that own the justice of God in their afflictions (as David had done, v. 75 ) may, in faith, and with humble boldness, be earnest for the mercy of God, and the tokens and fruits of that mercy, in their affliction. He prays for God's merciful kindness ( v. 76 ), his tender… Read the whole commentary →