Psalms 119 · Verse 122

Psalms 119:122

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Psalms 119:122, King James Version

Psalms 119:122 in other translations

BSBEnsure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
WEBEnsure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
ASVBe surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.
YLTMake sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
DARBYBe surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
BBETake your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.
WebsterBe surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

What does Psalms 119:122 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:121-126

121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 122 Be surety for thy servant - ערב arob, give a pledge or token that thou wilt help me in times of necessity. Or, Be bail for thy servant. What a word is this! Pledge thyself for me, that thou wilt produce me safely at the judgment of the great day. Then sustain and keep me blameless till the coming of Christ. Neither of these two verses has any of the ten words in reference to God's law or attributes. The judgment and the justice refer to the psalmist's own conduct in Psa 119:121. The hundred and twenty-second has no word of the kind.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:121-128

Happy is the man, who, acting upon gospel principles, does justice to all around. Christ our Surety, having paid our debt and ransom, secures all the blessings of salvation to every true believer. The psalmist expects the word of God's righteousness, and no other salvation than what is secured by that word, which cannot fall to the ground. We deserve no favour form God; we are most easy when we cast ourselves upon…

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Psalms 119:122 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֲרֹ֣בa.Rostand surety forH6148
עַבְדְּךָ֣'av.de.Khaservant yourH5650
לְט֑וֹבle.Tovfor goodH2896
אַֽל\־'al-may notH408
יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִיya.'ash.Ku.nithey oppress meH6231
זֵדִֽים\׃ze.Dimarrogant [people]H2086

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:122

  • Hebrews 7:22

    By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

  • Psalms 119:21

    Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

  • Isaiah 38:14

    Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  • Job 17:3

    Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

  • Proverbs 22:26-27

    Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Psalms 36:11

    Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

  • Genesis 43:9

    I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

  • Philemon 1:18-19

    If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
surety.
Ge 43:9; Pr 22:26,27; Isa 38:14; Phm 1:18,19; Heb 7:22
let not.
21; 36:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:121

    ע AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

  • Psalms 119:122

    Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

  • Psalms 119:123

    Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

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Psalms 119:122 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Responde por tu siervo para bien: no me hagan violencia los soberbios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sois le garant de ton serviteur pour son bien; que les orgueilleux ne m’oppriment pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sei Bürge für deinen Knecht zum Guten; laß die Übermütigen mich nicht bedrücken!