Psalms 119:51

“The proud have had me greatly in derision, etc.] Profane sinners, proud and haughty scorners, that make a jest of religion, and scoff at everything serious and good: these derided the psalmist for his piety and religion, his principles and practices; in which he was a type of Christ, who was both the song of the drunkards, and was derided by the proud and haughty Scribes and Pharisees; as all self-righteous persons are, they who trust in themselves, and despise others, (<196911>Psalm 69:11,12 <421614>Luke 16:14 18:9); [yet] have I not declined from thy law; from walking according to it, as a rule of life and conversation; from professing and maintaining the doctrine of the word, the truths…”

“The proud have had me greatly in derision - Those of rank; those in high life: perhaps, as we should say, the frivolous and fashionable world. They have ridiculed me; they have held me up to contempt for my scruples, my seriousness, my conscientiousness, my unwillingness to mingle with them in the pursuits, the pastimes, the frivolities of life. It is now no new thing to be held in contempt by the “proud” and the frivolous, on account of serious piety; to be thus held in contempt has been rather the rule than the exception in the treatment which the friends of religion have received from the world. Yet have I not declined from thy law - I have not been deterred from the avowal of my…”

“proud: Psa 119:21, Psa 119:69, Psa 123:3, Psa 123:4; Jer 20:7; Luk 16:14, Luk 16:15, Luk 23:35 yet have: Psa 119:31, Psa 119:157, Psa 44:18; Job 23:11; Isa 38:3, Isa 42:4; Act 20:23, Act 20:24; Heb 12:1-3 Psalms 119:52”