Psalm 119:161 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶¹ Princes persecute me for no reason, but my heart is in awe of Your words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause: But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶¹ Princes pursue and persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]. [I Sam. 24:11, 14; 26:18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

Common English Bible

¹⁶¹ Rulers oppress me without cause, but my heart honors what you’ve said.

Psalm 119:161 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 39:9

No one in this house is greater than I, and he has withheld nothing from me—except you, because you are his wife. So how could I commit this great evil and sin against God?”

Genesis 42:18

Then Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and you will live. I fear God.

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was softened and you humbled yourself before Adonai when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants—that they should become a desolation and a curse—and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,’ declares Adonai.

Nehemiah 5:15

The earlier governors, those preceding me, placed heavy burdens on the people, and took bread and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their attendants also lorded over the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.

Job 31:23

For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty, I could do nothing.

Psalm 119:157

Many are my persecutors and my foes. Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.

Psalm 119:23

Though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your decrees.

Psalm 4:4

But know that Adonai has set apart the godly for His own. Adonai will hear when I call to Him.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand has made all these things, so all these things came to be,” declares Adonai. “But on this one will I look, one humble and of a contrite spirit, who trembles at My word.”

John 15:25

So is fulfilled the word written in their Scripture, ‘They hated Me for no reason.’

1 Samuel 21:15

Then Achish said to his courtiers, “Look, you can see the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?

1 Samuel 26:18

then added, “Yet why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?