English Standard Version
Psalms 119:51
51The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from your instructions.
Context of Psalms 119:51
49Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. 50This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law. 52When I think of your rules from of old, I take comfort, O Lord. 53Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, who forsake your law.
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 insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
- Jeremiah 20:7O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me.
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
- Luke 23:35And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"
- Psalms 119:31I cling to your testimonies, O Lord; let me not be put to shame!
- Psalms 44:18Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;
- Job 23:11My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
- Isaiah 38:3and said, "Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Isaiah 42:4He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
- Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set 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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