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Psalms 119:161 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Psalms 119:161 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 119 verse 161 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.”
Psalms 119:161 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 119:161
Princes have persecuted me without a cause (שָׂרִים רְדָפוּנִי חִנָּם, sarim redafuni chinnam)—The Shin (ש) section begins with governmental persecution. Sarim are rulers, officials, magistrates; chinnam means 'gratuitously, undeservedly, gratis.' Yet: my heart standeth in awe of thy word (וּמִדְּבָרְךָ פָּחַד לִבִּי, umid'varekha pachad libi). Pachad is reverential fear, dread, awe. The heart fears God's word more than princes' power.Jesus quotes the first part in John 15:25: 'They hated me without a cause' (dorean, Greek equivalent of chinnam). The Suffering Servant experiences causeless hat...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 119:161
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“Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.”
“Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?”
“and [so] all these things came to be”
“Why listen you to men's words”
“and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed”
“'They hated me without a cause.'{Psalms 35:19; 69:4}”
“your servant will meditate on your statutes.”
“when Jehudi had read three or four leaves”
“I can do nothing.”
“neither has he kept back anything from me but you”