“ I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. ”
I am small and despised - The word here rendered “small” may mean “small” in respect to number - that is, “few,” Micah 5:2 ; Isaiah 60:22 ; or in respect to age - “young,” Genesis 19:31 ; or i...
I [am] (c) small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts. (c) This is the true trial to praise God in adversity.
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
small. insignificant. Compare Judges 6:15 .
141. I am, insignificant and despised. The meaning is, that although he was tried with poverty and many other calamities, he steadily persevered in the exercise of true godliness, and in the...
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. I am small and despised - And on these accounts have every thing to fear. Being small, I cannot resist; being despised, I am in danger;...
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. I am small and despised; (yet) do not I forget thy precepts. This makes me great before God, though small before the world ( 1 Corin...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
These words are hardly applicable to an individual, while to the struggling Israel, in relation to the great Eastern Powers, they are peculiarly suitable.
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
Why Love God's Word? Psalms 119:129-144 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal...
I [am] small and despised ,.... Or, "I have been" x. Some versions render it "young" y; as if it had respect to the time of his anointing by Samuel, when he was overlooked and despised in his father...
I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts. Ver. 141. I am small and despised ] Minutus, a worm and no man, an abject and outcast, nullificamen hominis, &c. Yet do I n...
My zeal hath consumed me My zeal toward thy law, which my enemies violate and contemn. “Zeal is a high degree of love; and when the object of that love is ill treated, it vents itself in a mixture...
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. 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...
Small; or, a little one ; not for age, but in respect of my condition in the world; mean and obscure.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
Psalms 119:141 I. Man, among all his other weaknesses, is so prone to vanity, conceit, and pride that in teaching the lesson of self-respect, in pressing on you the truth that we are greater than...
Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments. The testimony of a tried saint I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s r...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Tzaddi. The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God.
2 Corinthians 8:9 ; Isaiah 53:3 ; James 2:5 ; Luke 6:20 ; Luke 9:58 ; Proverbs 15:16 ; Proverbs 16:8 ; Proverbs 19:1 ; Proverbs 3:1 ; Psalms 22:6 ; Psalms 40:17 ; Psalms 119:109 ; Psalms...