Psalms 119:141
139 My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
- KJV
- I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
- WEB
- I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
- ASV
- I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
- DARBY
- I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
- BLB
- I [am] little and despised; I do not forget Your precepts.
- ÅB
- Jeg er liten og foraktet; jeg har ikke glemt dine befalinger.
- OTB
- Jeg er ubetydelig og foraktet,
Likevel glemmer jeg ikke dine påbud. - B1930
- Jeg er liten og foraktet; jeg har ikke glemt dine befalinger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 22:6
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Read in contextLuke 6:20
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Read in contextLuke 9:58
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Read in contextProverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Read in contextProverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Read in contextProverbs 16:8
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
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