Tree of Life Version
Psalms 119:22
22Take scorn and contempt away from me, for I have kept Your testimonies.
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 judgments at all times. 21You rebuke the proud, who are cursed, who wander from Your mitzvot. Take scorn and contempt away from me, for I have kept Your testimonies. 23Though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your decrees. 24For Your testimonies are my delight— they are also my counselors.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:22 word by word
גַּ֣ל מֵֽ֭עָלַי חֶרְפָּ֣ה וָב֑וּז כִּ֖י עֵדֹתֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:22
- Psalms 119:39Make the disgrace I dread pass away, for Your judgments are good.
- Psalms 39:8And now, my Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
- Psalms 42:10I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?”
- Psalms 68:9the earth shook, the heavens rained at the presence of God —the One of Sinai— at the presence of God, God of Israel.
- Psalms 123:3Show us favor, Adonai, show us favor! For we have endured much contempt.
- 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal answered David’s servants by saying, “Who is David? And who is Jesse’s son? Nowadays there are many slaves each running away from his master.
- 2 Samuel 16:7Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing!
- Job 16:20My intercessor is my friend; as my eyes pour out tears to God;
- Job 19:2“How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?
- Hebrews 13:13So let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing His disgrace.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in Adonai and do good. Dwell in the land, feed on faithfulness.
- 1 Peter 2:20For what credit is there if, when you sin and get a beating, you endure? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with God.
- 1 Peter 3:16yet with humility and reverence—keeping a clear conscience so that, whatever you are accused of, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Messiah may be put to shame.
- 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are fortunate, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on 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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