Psalm 119:157

Resh

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Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O Lord;
Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances.
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Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.
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I see the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not respect Your law.

Turn Aside

Psalm 119:51

The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.

Job 17:9

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

Job 23:11

“My feet have carefully followed His steps;
I have kept His ways and not turned aside.

Psalm 3:1-2

O Lord, how my enemies have increased!
Many are rising up against me.

Psalm 7:1

O Lord my God, in You I take refuge;
Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,

Psalm 22:12

Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

Psalm 22:16

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 25:19

Look upon my enemies, for they are many;
They hate me with cruel and violent hatred.

Psalm 44:17

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

Psalm 56:2

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.

Psalm 118:10-12

All nations encompassed me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

Psalm 119:110

The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

Isaiah 42:4

“He will not be disheartened or crushed [in spirit];
[He will persevere] until He has established justice on the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to [endure] tribulation, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Matthew 26:47

As Jesus was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot], one of the twelve [disciples], came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, [who came as representatives] from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Acts 4:27

For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

Acts 20:23-24

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly [and emphatically] affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].