Psalms 119:141

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Ps 119:109 : 109 My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
Luke 6:20 : 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [are] ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 9:58 : 58 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:15-16
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15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:93-94
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93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:153
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153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
Ps 119:86-87
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76%
86All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.
87They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
Ps 119:8
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8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:109-110
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76%
109My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
Ps 119:22-23
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75%
22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
23Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
Ps 119:61
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61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 119:51-52
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51The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
Ps 119:139-140
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75%
139My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Ps 119:69
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69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Ps 119:142-143
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142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:83
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83For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 119:55-56
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74%
55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:176
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176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 119:78
73%
78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 119:10-11
2 verses
73%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:157-159
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73%
157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:49
73%
49ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
Ps 119:6
72%
6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Ps 119:43
72%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:19
72%
19I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
Ps 119:39-40
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72%
39Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:134
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134Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.
Ps 119:67
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67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
Ps 119:31
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31I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
Ps 119:161
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161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
Ps 119:129
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129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:45
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45And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:117
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117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:113
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113SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
Ps 119:101
71%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
Ps 119:63
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63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.
Ps 119:168
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168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:147
71%
147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
Ps 31:12
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12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Ps 89:50
71%
50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty peoples,