Psalms 119:161

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰ Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶² I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
KJV: Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
WEB: Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
ASV: Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
DARBY: SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
BLB: Princes may pursue me without cause, and of Your word my heart was afraid.

ÅB: Fyrster forfulgte meg uten årsak, men mitt hjerte fryktet for dine ord.
OTB: Fyrster forfølger meg uten grunn,
Men mitt hjerte står i ærefrykt for dine ord.
B1930: Fyrster forfulgte mig uten årsak, men mitt hjerte fryktet for dine ord.

Psalms 119:157
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
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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.
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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?
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1 Samuel 24:9–15
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
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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.
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Psalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
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Psalms 119:23
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
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Job 31:23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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