Psalms 119:157

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

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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 tur...
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 beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

enemies . adversaries: i.e. those who hem me in.
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 inju...
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...
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 s...
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 th...
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 aw...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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 pe...
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 diffi...
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.
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 ;...
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 pray...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:153 . Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do no...
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. In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of p...
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 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....
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Resh. The Increasing Confidence of the Believer.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies, their number increasing in proportion to his faithfulness to the Word; yet do I not decline from Thy testi...
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:...

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:157

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:157