Psalms 119:21

“Thou hast rebuked the proud - Compare Psalms 9:5. The meaning is, that God had done this not by word but by deed. The proud were everywhere rebuked by God, alike in his law, and in his providence. The connection seems to be this: the psalmist is meditating on the benefit or advantage of keeping the law of God; of a humble, pious life. His mind naturally adverts to what would be the opposite of this - or to this in contrast with an opposite course of life; and he says, therefore, that God had in every way, and at all times, manifested his displeasure against that class of people. Such a course, therefore, must be attended with misery; but the course which he proposed to pursue must be…”

“The proud - Obstinate and presumptuous sinners, who sin with an high hand. Err - Or, wander, knowingly or wilfully. Psalms 119:25”

“rebuked: Psa 119:78, Psa 138:6; Exo 10:3, Exo 18:11; Job 40:11, Job 40:12; Isa 2:11, Isa 2:12, Isa 10:12; Eze 28:2-10; Dan 4:37, Dan 5:22-24; Mal 4:1; Luk 14:11, Luk 18:14; Jam 4:6; Pe1 5:5 cursed: Psa 119:10, Psa 119:110, Psa 119:118; Deu 27:15-26, Deu 28:15, Deu 30:19; Neh 9:16, Neh 9:29; Isa 42:24; Isa 43:28; Jer 44:9-11, Jer 44:16, Jer 44:28, Jer 44:29; Gal 3:13 Psalms 119:22”