Psalms 119:157

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies -The thought here turns on the number of his enemies, and on the effect which numbers might have in turning one from the way of truth. We might meet one such enemy, and overcome him; we might resist the influence of one in endeavoring to turn us away from the truth, but the danger of falling is much increased when numbers are combined in persecuting us, or in seeking to turn us away from our religion - when it becomes unpopular to be a professed friend of God. Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies -I still adhere to thee; I still maintain my integrity, notwithstanding all this.