Psalm 119:157

Resh

¹⁵⁶ Great are Your mercies, O Lord;
Revive me according to Your ordinances.
¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.
¹⁵⁸ I behold the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not keep Your word.

Turn Aside

Psalm 119:51

The arrogant utterly deride me,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

Job 17:9

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

Job 23:11

“My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.

Psalm 3:1-2

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
O Lord, how my adversaries have increased!
Many are rising up against me.

Psalm 7:1

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

Psalm 22:12

Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have surrounded me;
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 25:19

Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent hatred.

Psalm 44:17

All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.

Psalm 56:2

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

Psalm 118:10-12

All nations surrounded 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 have not gone astray from Your precepts.

Isaiah 42:4

“He will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Matthew 26:47

While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Acts 4:27

For truly 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 testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.