Psalms 119:53
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
- KJV
- Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- WEB
- Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
- ASV
- Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- DARBY
- Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
- BLB
- Indignation has seized me, from the wicked forsaking Your law.
- ÅB
- En brennende harme har grepet meg over de ugudelige, som forlater din lov.
- OTB
- Intens harme har grepet meg på grunn av de onde,
Som forlater din lov. - B1930
- En brennende harme har grepet mig over de ugudelige, som forlater din lov.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezra 9:3
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Read in contextPsalms 119:158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.
Read in contextEzra 10:6
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:18
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Read in contextRomans 9:1–3
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:16
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Read in contextPsalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
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