New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 119:22
Psalms 119:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
- New International Version (NIV)Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Context of Psalms 119:22
20My soul is crushed with longing For Your ordinances at all times. 21You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments. Take disgrace and contempt away from me, For I comply with Your testimonies. 23Even though rulers sit and speak against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes. 24Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my advisers.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:22 word by word
גַּ֣ל מֵֽ֭עָלַי חֶרְפָּ֣ה וָב֑וּז כִּ֖י עֵדֹתֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:22
- Psalms 119:39Take away my disgrace which I dread, For Your judgments are good.
- Psalms 39:8Save me from all my wrongdoings; Do not make me an object of reproach for the foolish.
- Psalms 42:10As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 68:9You made plentiful rain fall, God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.
- Psalms 123:3Be gracious to us, Lord, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of contempt.
- 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.
- 2 Samuel 16:7This is what Shimei said when he cursed: “Go away, go away, you man of bloodshed and worthless man!
- Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God,
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment me And crush me with words?
- Hebrews 13:13So then, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord and do good; Live in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- 1 Peter 2:20For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
- 1 Peter 3:16and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who disparage your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.
- 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, and of God, rests upon you.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Remove from me reproach and contempt - Of these the captives in Babylon had a more than ordinary load.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Remove from me reproach and contempt - Show me thy favor, and let me not suffer in the estimation of mankind on account of my religion. Let me not be exposed to malicious charges; to accusations of hypocrisy, insincerity, and unfaithfulness on account of my religion. This “reproach and contempt” might arise from two sources; (1) on account of religion itself, or because he was a true friend of God; or (2) he may have been charged with hypocrisy and…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. 17-24Gimel (ג) is the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. Like a stranger in a hostile land, God's servant needs God's guidance.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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