Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 119:51
51The arrogant constantly ridicule me, but I do not turn away from your instruction.
Psalms 119:51 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
- New International Version (NIV)The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
Context of Psalms 119:51
49Remember your word to your servant; you have given me hope through it. 50This is my comfort in my affliction: Your promise has given me life. The arrogant constantly ridicule me, but I do not turn away from your instruction. 52Lord, I remember your judgments from long ago and find comfort. 53Fury seizes me because of the wicked who reject your instruction.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:51 word by word
זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד מִ֝תּֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:51
- Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant, the ones under a curse, who wander from your commands.
- Psalms 123:3Show us favor, Lord, show us favor, for we’ve had more than enough contempt.
- Jeremiah 20:7You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all the time; everyone ridicules me.
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at him.
- Luke 23:35The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”
- Psalms 119:31I cling to your decrees; Lord, do not put me to shame.
- Psalms 44:18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from your path.
- Job 23:11My feet have followed in his tracks; I have kept to his way and not turned aside.
- Isaiah 38:3He said, “Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases you.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Isaiah 42:4He will not grow weak or be discouraged until he has established justice on earth. The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.”
- Acts 20:23except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
Commentaries on Psalms 119:51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 51The proud have had me - We have been treated, not only with oppressive cruelty, but also with contempt, because we still professed to trust in thee, the living God, who because of our transgressions hadst been greatly displeased with us; jet we have not declined from thy law.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 51The 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 49-56Verses 49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in affliction. If, through grace, it makes us holy, there is enough in it to make us easy, in all conditions. Let us be certain we have the Divine law for what we believe, and then let not scoffers prevail upon us to decline from it. God's judgments of old…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-56Zayin (ז) is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist asks God to remember his word as the psalmist also remembers God’s word and his name. Remembrance expresses devotion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 49-5149-51. Resting on the promises consoles under affliction and the tauntings of the insolent. upon which--rather, "Remember Thy word unto Thy servant, because," &c. So the Hebrew requires [Hengstenberg].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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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