I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
⛓ Read Psalm 119 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'I will speak of your testimonies before kings, and will not be put to shame' directly anticipates Paul's call not to be ashamed of the testimony and of his chains. The unashamed public confession before rulers is the psalmist's posture.
Medium confidenceEcho4
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Apollos, 'mighty in the Scriptures,' speaks boldly in the synagogue and publicly refutes opponents from Scripture — resonating with the psalmist's resolve to 'speak of your testimonies before kings and not be put to shame.' Faint thematic, no verbal borrowing.
Low confidence'I will speak of your testimonies before kings and not be ashamed' faintly parallels standing 'before rulers and kings... for a testimony.' The righteous-sufferer-before-rulers motif is diffuse in the Psalter; low confidence, included for the testimony-before-kings overlap.
Low confidence'I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.' A faint analogue to confessing Christ before men without shame (10:32), continuous with the 'testimony before governors and kings' of 10:18. Disputed and thematic only.
Low confidence'I am not ashamed' to speak of God's testimonies before kings; possible background to 'not ashamed of the gospel.' Low volume, contested.
Low confidence