American Standard Version
Psalms 119:21
21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,That do wander from thy commandments.
Psalms 119:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You rebuke the proud—the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments.
Context of Psalms 119:21
19I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me. 20My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments. 22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies. 23Princes also sat and talked against me; But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
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גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝שֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:21
- Psalms 119:78Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: ButI will meditate on thy precepts.
- Psalms 138:6For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
- Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
- Job 40:11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
- Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;—
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Daniel 5:22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this,
- Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- Luke 14:11For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Luke 18:14I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- James 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
- 1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
- Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Thou hast rebuked the proud - This was done often in the case of David; and was true also in reference to the Babylonians, who held the Israelites in subjection, and whose kings were among the proudest of human beings. Instead of זדים zedim, the proud, some MSS. read זרים zarim, strangers, and one reads גוים goyim, the heathen; and so the Syriac.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Thou hast rebuked the proud - Compare Psalm 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21The arrogant are probably those who mock the psalmist (Psalm 119:22–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2421-24. God will rebuke those who despise His word and deliver His servants from their reproach, giving them boldness in and by His truth, even before the greatest men. DALETH. (Psa 119:25-32).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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