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Psalms 119:141 — King James Version← Study notes

I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.


Psalms 119:141Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1416 words
HebrewMeaning
צָעִ֣ירṣāʿiyr
am insignificantadjH6810
little · small · young(-er · -est)
אָנֹכִ֣יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
וְ/נִבְזֶ֑הwənibəzeh
and am despisedconjH959
disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person
פִּ֝קֻּדֶ֗י/ךָpiqudeykā
precepts yournounH6490
precept · statute
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁכָֽחְתִּיšākāḥətiy
I have forgottenverbH7911
at all
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 119:141

1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 119 (Aleph)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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