Psalms 119:141
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
King James Version
In Context
140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Luke 6:20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
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 →