The Nugget:
Psa 119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
My Comment:
Saints stand in awe of the Scriptures (The New Topical Textbook, subtopic under the major topic “The Scriptures,” page 240). The more we know about the Bible the more we become convinced it is an amazing Book. It is amazing in its unity. That is what makes cross reference study of the Scripture possible and profitable. The Bible does not contradict itself in any point of doctrine. That is amazing because the Bible, though One Book, is made up of 66 books written by about 40 authors over a time span probably exceeding 1500 years. We couldn’t assemble 40 authors today who could write as many separate books on such controversial themes as the Bible contains and expect them all to write in full agreement with the others. The Bible is amazing in its depth. You cannot exhaust its contents. There is always more to learn. I have been studying the Bible seriously for 61 years and I suspect I have barely scratched the surface, much less exhausted its contents. The Bible is amazing in its clarity. Its most important themes pertaining to salvation are clear enough that a child can understand them (2 Timothy 3:15). The Bible is amazing in its prophecies. No other sacred book among the world’s religions ventures to make the kind of verifiable specific predictions regarding persons and places and events yet future to the time they were written like the Bible does. The Bible is amazing in its impact on the lives of its readers. No other book can match the record of the Bible in changing lives for the better. The Bible is amazing in its presentation of the most perfect character and so the most amazing character this world has ever seen, our Lord Jesus Christ. Yet, for all this, many people are not well acquainted with either the Bible or its Savior. The Bible is a most wonderful, amazing Book. Make time in your life to get to know it better.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 634 for Psalm 119:161.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 678 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 119:161.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
Psalm 119:161. Princes. ver. Ps 119:23, 86, 157. 1 S 21:23. 24:9-15. 26:18. Lk 12:4, 5. have persecuted me. Ps 7:1. 31:15. 143:3. Je 15:15. +*Mt 10:28. **2 Tim 3:12. 1 P 3:17. without a cause. ver. Ps 119:78. Ps 35:19. 69:4. La 3:52. Jn 15:25. my heart. T#1085. ver. Ps 119:120. *Ps 4:4. 111:7. Ge 39:9. 42:18. Dt 4:2. 12:32. 1 K 8:56. 2 K 22:19. Ne 5:15. Jb 31:23. Pr 30:5, 6. +*Is 66:2. Je 36:23-25. Lk 21:33. Re 22:19.
psm 119.161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe
of Thy Words.
encouraging cross refs( the best commentary on the bible is the bible)
1. jn 15.25 But they have done this in order that the word to you from the
Father, that is the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will
bear witness of Me.
2. Isa 66.2 For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came
into being, declares the Lord. But to this one I will look, To him who is
humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at my Word.
3, psm 4.4 Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed,
and be still.