Psalms 119:141
Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
In Context
140Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
142Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.
Psalms 119:16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psalms 119:176I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
Proverbs 15:16Better [is] a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.
Proverbs 19:1Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse [in] his lips, who [is] a fool.
Luke 6:20And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor — because yours is the reign 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 →