Psalm 119:141
WEB
I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
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.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H6810
a — little, few, young, ignoble
Derivation: or צָעוֹר; from 6819;
little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
KJV: least, little (one), small (one), young(-er, -est).
adj — little
צָעִיר adj. little, insignificant, young
H595
p — I
Derivation: sometimes, אָנֹכִי; a primitive pronoun;
I
KJV: I, me, × which.
pron — I
אָֽנֹכִ֫י, אָנֹ֑כִי pron. 1s. comm. I
H959
v — disesteem
Derivation: a primitive root;
to disesteem
KJV: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.
vb — despise
בָזָה vb. despise
Qal despise, regard with contempt
Niph.
1. despised
2. vile, worthless
3. despicable, contemptible
Hiph. so as to cause to despise their lords
H6490
n-m — appointed, mandate
Derivation: or פִּקֻּד; from 6485;
properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
KJV: commandment, precept, statute.
n.m — precept
[פִּקּוּד] 24 n.m. precept
H3808
adv — not, no
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
adv — not
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
H7911
v — mislay, be oblivious
Derivation: or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root;
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV: × at all, (cause to) forget.
vb — forget
שָׁכַח 102 vb. forget
Qal 86 forget
Niph. be forgotten
Pi. י׳ hath caused to forget
Hiph. to make my people forget my name
Hithp. they were forgotten in the city.
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Verse 141
Psalms 119:141
Here is, 1. David pious and yet poor. He was a man after God's own heart, one whom the King of kings did delight to honour, and yet small and despised in his own account and in the account of many others. Men's excellency cannot always secure them from contempt; nay, it often exposes them to the scorn of others and always makes them low in their own eyes. God has chosen the foolish things of the world, and it has been the common lot of his people to be a despised people. 2. David poor and yet pious, small and despised for his strict and serious godliness, yet his conscience can witness for him that he did not forget God's precepts. He would not throw off his religion, though it exposed him to contempt, for he knew that was designed to try his constancy. When we are small and despised we have the more need to remember God's precepts, that we may have them to support us under the pressures of a low condition.