King James Version
psalm 119:157 in the King James Version says “Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.” — study this verse from psalm chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.”
psalm 119:157 · KJV
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. Great: or, Many
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.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
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