Psalms 119:157
155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
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- BSB
- Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
- KJV
- Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
- WEB
- Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
- ASV
- Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
- DARBY
- Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.
- BLB
- Many [are] my pursuers and my adversaries; from Your testimonies I have not turned aside.
- ÅB
- Mange er mine forfølgere og mine motstandere; jeg er ikke avveket fra dine vitnesbyrd.
- OTB
- Mange er mine forfølgere og mine fiender,
Likevel viker jeg ikke fra dine vitnesbyrd. - B1930
- Mange er mine forfølgere og mine motstandere; jeg er ikke avveket fra dine vidnesbyrd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
Read in contextActs 20:23–24
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
Read in contextJob 23:11
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:4
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
Read in contextJob 17:9
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Read in contextActs 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Read in contextPsalms 22:16
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
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