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Psalm 119:122

Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
121I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
122Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
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Notice

“Your servant” stands exposed to “the proud,” and the plea for well-being makes clear that serving God does not remove the need for protection.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.Both passages link pride with harm to vulnerable people: one describes the wicked hunting, and the other asks protection from oppression.
Hebrews 7:22By so much, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.The psalm asks God to secure his servant’s well-being; Hebrews speaks of security in a different setting, naming Jesus as a covenant’s guarantee.
Psalm 119:21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.The proud appear in both verses, as people God has rebuked and as people from whom his servant seeks protection.
Psalm 119:134Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.Both prayers ask God for freedom from human oppression, with verse 134 linking that freedom to observing his precepts.
Job 17:3“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?Both speakers appeal to God for security, with Job expressing his request through the language of a pledge and collateral.
Psalm 36:11Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.Both prayers ask protection from the proud, with Psalm 36 picturing the threat through a foot and a hand.
Isaiah 38:14I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”Both speakers turn to God for security against oppression, and Isaiah’s prayer also describes the strain of looking upward for help.
Proverbs 22:26–27Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.The connection is limited to security: the psalm seeks God’s protection, while Proverbs warns against pledging oneself as collateral for debts.
Genesis 43:9I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever;Both concern someone’s welfare being entrusted to another, though Genesis describes a human pledge and the psalm appeals to God.
Philemon 1:18–19The connection is limited: the psalm seeks protection from oppression, while Philemon records an offer to bear another person’s debt.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

Asking God for protection belongs in the life of his servant. The threat remains unresolved in these words, and the prayer asks God to take charge of the servant’s well-being.

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