Psalms 119:157 · KJV
“Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.”
— Psalms 119:157
Great {are} thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. {Great: or, Many}
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Psalms 119 — Context
Salvation {is} far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
156Great {are} thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. {Great: or, Many}
157Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Psalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: {yet} have I not declined from thy law.
Job 23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Isaiah 42:4
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. {discouraged: Heb. broken}
Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. {be...: Heb. add strength}
Acts 20:23-24
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. {abide me: or, wait for me}
Psalms 56:2
Mine enemies would daily swallow {me} up: for {they be} many that fight against me, O thou most High. {enemies: Heb. observers}
Psalms 44:17
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.