Psalms 119:141
I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
In Context
140Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it.
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6(22:7) But I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of men, and despised of people.
Psalms 119:16In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:176I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.
Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and confusion therewith.
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than one of perverse lips, who is a fool.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:141
140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Here is, 1. David's great affection for the word of God: Thy servant loves it. Every good man, being a servant of God, loves the word of God, because it lets him know his Master's will and directs him in his Master's work. Wherever there is grace there is a warm attachment to the word of God. 2. The ground and reason of that affection; he saw it to be very pure, and therefore he loved it. Our love to the word of God is then an evidence of our love to God… Read the whole commentary →