Psalms 119:46
44 I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
45 And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
- KJV
- I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
- WEB
- I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
- ASV
- I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
- DARBY
- And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;
- BLB
- And I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil tale om dine vitnesbyrd for konger og skal ikke bli til skamme.
- OTB
- Jeg vil også tale om dine vitnesbyrd for konger,
Og skal ikke bli til skamme. - B1930
- Jeg vil tale om dine vidnesbyrd for konger og skal ikke bli til skamme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
Read in contextActs 26:1–2
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Read in contextMatthew 10:18–19
On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
Read in contextMark 8:38
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Read in contextDaniel 3:16–18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:8
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
Read in contextDaniel 4:25–27
You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
Read in contextDaniel 4:1–3
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
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