Psalms 119:141

141 Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.

Psalms 119:141 in Other Translations

141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.

141 I am insignificant and despised, but I don’t forget your commandments.

141 I'm too young to be important, but I don't forget what you tell me.

141 I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.

141 I am unimportant and despised, [yet] I never forget your guiding principles.

141 I am insignificant and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

141 I'm not important. People look down on me. But I don't forget to obey your rules.

Psalms 119:141 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:141

I [am] small and despised
Or, "I have been" ^F24. Some versions render it "young" ^F25; as if it had respect to the time of his anointing by Samuel, when he was overlooked and despised in his father's family, ( 1 Samuel 16:11 ) ( 17:28 ) ; but the word here used is not expressive of age, but of state, condition, and circumstances; and the meaning is, that he was little in his own esteem, and in the esteem of men, and was despised; and that on account of religion, in which he was a type of Christ, ( Psalms 22:6 ) ( Isaiah 53:3 ) ; and which is the common lot of good men, who are treated by the world as the faith of it, and the offscouring of all things;

[yet] do not I forget thy precepts;
to observe and keep them: the ill treatment of men on account of religion did not cause him to forsake it, or to leave the ways, word, and worship of God; see ( Psalms 119:83 Psalms 119:109 ) ( 44:17 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (ykna) "ego fui, et adhuc sum", Michaelis.
F25 (ryeu) (newterov) , Sept. "adolescentulus", V. L.

Psalms 119:141 In-Context

139 My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.

140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

141 Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.

143 Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 22:6
• 2. ver 61,134