New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 119:21
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 stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. 20My soul is crushed with longing After Your ordinances at all times. You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments. 22Take away reproach and contempt from me, For I observe Your testimonies. 23Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:21 word by word
גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝שֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:21
- Psalms 119:78May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie; But I shall meditate on Your precepts.
- Psalms 138:6For though the Lord is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
- Exodus 10:3Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people.”
- Job 40:11Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
- Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 10:12So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.”
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God--
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
- Daniel 5:22Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- James 4:6But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
- Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your 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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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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