Psalms 119:157 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. ”

• Psalms 119:157 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Many are my persecutors and mine enemies - The thought here turns on the number of his enemies, and on the effect which numbers might have in turning one from the way of truth. We might meet one...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  enemies . adversaries: i.e. those who hem me in.

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• Psalms 119:157 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  157. My persecutors and oppressors are many. The Psalmist here as in other places testifies, that although he had been provoked by many injuries, yet he had not departed from the right way;...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

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• Psalms 119:157 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies - ( Psalms 119:51 ; Psalms 44:18 .)

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• Psalms 119:157 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Joy of Communion with God Psalms 119:145-160 There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long after the...

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• Psalms 119:157 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  RESH. The same cries of soul are continued through this portion as in the former; and we may, without any forced construction of the words, consider what is here said as peculiarly applicable to the...

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• Psalms 119:157 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies ,.... Because they were his enemies, therefore they were his persecutors; and they became enemies to him, or hated him, because of his religion, and on tha...

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• Psalms 119:157 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies. Ver. 157. Many are my persecutors ] Truth never wanted an adversary; and goes seldom without a scratched fa...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Many are my persecutors David, being a public person, had many enemies. In this he was a type both of Christ and of his church. The enemies, the persecutors of both, are many, implacable and unwear...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.       Here is, 1. David surrounded with difficulties and dangers: Many are my persecutors and...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Though they tempt me to do so, and persecute me because I will not do it.

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• Psalms 119:157 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were uttered with our whole heart, for it is n...

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• Psalms 119:157 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...

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• Psalms 119:157 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Many are my persecutors and mine enemies. The trials and traits of piety I. The trials of piety. They are twofold--objective and subjective. 1. Objective. “Many are my persecutors and enemie...

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• Psalms 119:157 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...

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• Psalms 119:157 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Resh. The Increasing Confidence of the Believer.

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• Psalms 119:157 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:58 ; Acts 20:23 ; Acts 20:24 ; Acts 4:27 ; Isaiah 42:4 ; Job 17:9 ; Job 23:11 ; Matthew 24:9 ; Matthew 26:47 ; Psalms 118:10-12 ; Psalms 22:12 ; Psalms 22:16 ; Psalms 25...

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