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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 119) Psalms 119:157-158 KJV
"Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word."
Psalms Chapter 119, Verse 157-158
Psalms 119:157-158 in Context (Verses 154–161 KJV)
154
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
156
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.*
157
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.*
161
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.