Psalms 119:161 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶¹SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Psalms 119:161 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:157
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
1 Samuel 24:9-15
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? …
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.
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?
Psalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Bible Bigotry Bowels Heart Intolerance, Religious Martyrdom

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 161)

David here lets us know, 1. How he was discouraged in his duty by the fear of man: Princes persecuted him. They looked upon him as a traitor and an enemy to the government, and under that notion sought his life, and bade him go serve other gods, 1 Sam. 26:19. It has been the common lot of the best men to be persecuted; and the case is the worse if princes be the persecutors, for they have not only…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 161)

161-165. (Compare Psa 119:46, 86). awe--reverential, not slavish fear, which could not coexist with love (Psa 119:163; 1Jo 4:8). Instead of fearing his persecutors, he fears God’s Word alone (Lu 12:4, 5). The Jews inscribe in the first page of the great Bible (Ge 28:17), “How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”