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Psalms 119:161
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Princes persecute me without cause,But my heart is in dread of Your words.
Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your words.Princes haue persecuted me without a cause: but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes.
SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Princes persecute me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
SHIN: Princes have persecuted me without cause; but my heart has feared at Your Word.
Powerful leaders attack me for no reason, but the only thing I fear is your command.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words.
[SCHIN.] Princes haue persecuted mee without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
The prynces persecute me without cause, but my herte stodeth in awe of thy wordes.
I've been slandered unmercifully by the politicians, but my awe at your words keeps me stable. I'm ecstatic over what you say, like one who strikes it rich. I hate lies—can't stand them!— but I love what you have revealed. Seven times each day I stop and shout praises for the way you keep everything running right. For those who love what you reveal, everything fits— no stumbling around in the dark for them. I wait expectantly for your salvation; God , I do what you tell me. My soul guards and keeps all your instructions— oh, how much I love them! I follow your directions, abide by your counsel; my life's an open book before you.
Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].
ש Shin.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart stands in awe of your words.
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)
Rulers pursue me for no reason, yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.Rulers are cruel to me for no reason. But with all my heart I respect your words,
ש (Shin)
Princes persecute me for no reason, but my heart stands in awe of your words.Schin. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
SHEEN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart stands in awe of thy word.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words.
Shin
Powerful people harass me without cause, but my heart trembles only at your word.Rulers make it hard for me for no reason, but my heart honors Your Words with fear.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
[SHIN] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.
(118-161) Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles because of your word.
Sin and Shin
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.Rulers persecute me without cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your words.
Leaders attack me for no reason, but I fear your law in my heart.
Powerful people attack me unjustly, but I respect your law.
שׂ Sin/ שׁ Shin
Princes have persecuted me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.Princes pursueden me with outen cause; and my herte dredde of thi wordis.
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.
[Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Princes: Psalms 119:23, Psalms 119:157, 1 Samuel 21:15, 1 Samuel 24:9-15, 1 Samuel 26:18, John 15:25
my heart: Psalms 4:4, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 42:18, 2 Kings 22:19, Nehemiah 5:15, Job 31:23, Isaiah 66:2, Jeremiah 36:23-25
Reciprocal: Psalms 35:19 - that hate Lamentations 3:52 - without
Gill's Notes on the Bible
v, SCHIN.--The Twenty-first Part.
Ver. 161. SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause,.... These were either the princes of the Philistines at the court of Achish; or the princes of Israel, who joined in the conspiracy with Absalom; or the princes in Saul's court, as Kimchi observes; who insinuated that David had evil designs against the king, drove him from abiding in the Lord's inheritance, and pursued him from place to place, as a partridge on the mountains, 1 Samuel 29:4; and all which was without any cause or reason on his part; and which, as it was an aggravation of the sin of his persecutors, so it was an alleviation of his affliction: in this he was, a type of Christ, against whom the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers took counsel together; Herod, Pontius Pilate, and others, the princes of this world, who crucified the Lord of glory, and hated him without a cause; who was holy and harmless, and never did any injury to any man's person or property, Psalms 2:2;
but my heart standeth in awe of thy word: not in awe of the princes, but of the word of God; he had a greater regard to that than to them: when they in effect said, "go, serve other gods", 1 Samuel 26:19; he remembered what the word of God says, "thou shall have no other gods before me", Exodus 20:3; and this was a means of preserving him from sinning. Kimchi thinks some respect is had to the word of God by Nathan the prophet, "I will raise up evil against thee out of thine house", c. 2 Samuel 12:11 and he was afraid, on account of this word, lest he should fall into the hands of the princes: but it seems not to be an excruciating tormenting fear that is here meant; but a high regard for, and a holy reverence of the word of God, or a reverential affection for it; such as is consistent with the highest joy on account of it, as follows.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Princes have persecuted me without a cause - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Schin (?? s?, and ?? sh) - corresponding to our �s,� or �sh.� On the meaning of the expression here, see Psalms 119:23, note; Psalms 119:76, note.
But my heart standeth in awe of thy word - I still reverence thy word. I am not deterred from keeping thy law by any threats or intimidations. This is in accordance with the uniform statements in the psalm, that nothing deterred him from manifesting his adherence to the law of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
LETTER ? SCHIN. - Twenty-first Division
Verse Psalms 119:161. Princes have persecuted me — This may refer to what was done by prime ministers, and the rulers of provinces, to sour the king against the unfortunate Jews, in order still to detain them in bondage. In reference to David, the plotting against him in Saul's court, and the dangers he ran in consequence of the jealousies of the Philistine lords while he sojourned among them, are well known.
My heart standeth in awe — They had probably offers made them of enlargement or melioration of condition, providing they submitted to some idolatrous conditions; but they knew they had to do with a jealous God; their hearts stood in awe, and they were thereby kept from sin.
