Psalms 119:161 · KJV
“SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.”
— Psalms 119:161
Thy word {is} true {from} the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments {endureth} for ever. {Thy word...: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true}
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Psalms 119 — Context
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160Thy word {is} true {from} the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments {endureth} for ever. {Thy word...: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true}
161SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163I hate and abhor lying: {but} thy law do I love.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:18
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil {is} in mine hand?
1 Samuel 24:9-15
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
Psalms 119:157
Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Isaiah 66:2
For all those {things} hath mine hand made, and all those {things} have been, saith the LORD: but to this {man} will I look, {even} to {him that is} poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Psalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
John 15:25
But {this cometh to pass}, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Psalms 119:23
Princes also did sit {and} speak against me: {but} thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Job 31:23
For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.