Tree of Life Version
Psalms 119:141
141I am insignificant and despised, yet I have not forgotten Your precepts.
Psalms 119:141 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.
Context of Psalms 119:141
139My zeal has consumed me, because my foes forgot Your words. 140Your word is thoroughly refined, and Your servant loves it. I am insignificant and despised, yet I have not forgotten Your precepts. 142Your justice is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is truth. 143Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your mitzvot are my delight.
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צָעִ֣יר אָנֹכִ֣י וְנִבְזֶ֑ה פִּ֝קֻּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:141
- Psalms 22:6They cried to you and were delivered. In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.
- Psalms 40:17Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. Let those who love Your salvation continually say: “Adonai be magnified!”
- Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of Adonai than great wealth with turmoil.
- Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than much income without justice.
- Proverbs 19:1Better to be poor, walking with integrity, than be a fool whose lips are corrupt.
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
- Luke 6:20And looking up at His disciples, He said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- Luke 9:58But Yeshua said to him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah—that even though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.
- James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom that He promised to those who love Him?
- Psalms 119:109My soul is continually in danger, yet I have not forgotten Your Torah.
- Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my mitzvot.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:141
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 141I am small and despised - The word here rendered “small” may mean “small” in respect to number - that is, “few,” Micah 5:2; Isaiah 60:22; or in respect to age - “young,” Genesis 19:31; or in respect to dignity - “low;” least in rank or esteem. The language here may be applied to the church as comparatively few; to one who is young; or to one in humble life. Either of these may be a reason why one is regarded as of little consequence, or may be subject to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 137-144Verses 137-144 God never did, and never can do wrong to any. The promises are faithfully performed by Him that made them. Zeal against sin should constrain us to do what we can against it, at least to do more in religion ourselves. Our love to the word of God is evidence of our love to God, because it is designed to make us partake his holiness. Men's real excellency always makes them low in their own eyes. When we are small and despised, we have the more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 141The psalmist feels very troubled by those who oppress him (see Psalm 119:143; compare Isaiah 53).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 141141. The pious, however despised of men, are distinguished in God's sight by a regard for His law.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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