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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:157 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:157 |
King James |
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Psa 119:86-87, Psa 119:95). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies - The thought here turns on the number of his enemies, and on the effect which numbers might have in turning one from the way of truth. We might meet one such enemy, and overcome him; we might resist the influence of one in endeavoring to turn us away from the truth, but the danger of falling is much increased when numbers are combined in persecuting us, or in seeking to turn us away from our religion - when it becomes unpopular to be a professed friend of God.
Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies - I still adhere to thee; I still maintain my integrity, notwithstanding all this. See the notes at Psa 119:51. |
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.