King James Version
Psalms 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 Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.”
Psalms 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are my persecutors”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“yet do I not decline”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
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