Psalms 119:161
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 119 connects to 10 cross-references. The longest chapter in the Bible — 176 verses in 22 sections, each using the same Hebrew letter in an acrostic. Every verse refers to God's word using one of eight synonyms: law, testimony, precepts, statute, commandment, ordinance, word, and …
Other Translations
Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
<FI> Shin.<Fi> Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.
Cross References
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, …
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? …
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me …
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil …
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against …
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread …
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.