Psalms 119:157
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet do I not decline from your testimonies.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet do I not decline from your testimonies.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.
Webster's Revision
Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not decline from thy testimonies.
World English Bible
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not swerved from they testimonies.
Barnes's Psalms 119:157 Bible Commentary
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies - The thought here turns on the number of his enemies, and on the effect which numbers might have in turning one from the way of truth. We might meet one such enemy, and overcome him; we might resist the influence of one in endeavoring to turn us away from the truth, but the danger of falling is much increased when numbers are combined in persecuting us, or in seeking to turn us away from our religion - when it becomes unpopular to be a professed friend of God.
Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies - I still adhere to thee; I still maintain my integrity, notwithstanding all this. See the notes at Psalm 119:51.
