Psalms 119 · Verse 22

Psalms 119:22

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:22, King James Version

Psalms 119:22 in other translations

BSBRemove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
WEBTake reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
ASVTake away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
YLTRemove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
DARBYRoll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.
BBETake away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.
WebsterRemove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

What does Psalms 119:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:21-24

21-24. God will rebuke those who despise His word and deliver His servants from their reproach, giving them boldness in and by His truth, even before the greatest men. DALETH. (Psa 119:25-32).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Remove from me reproach and contempt - Of these the captives in Babylon had a more than ordinary load.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:17-24

If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every…

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Psalms 119:22 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.

גַּ֣לgalroll awayH1556
מֵֽ֭עָלַיMe.'a.laifrom on <the> meH5921
חֶרְפָּ֣הcher.PahreproachH2781
וָב֑וּזva.Vuzand contemptH937
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
עֵדֹתֶ֣יךָ'e.do.Tei.khatestimonies yourH5713
נָצָֽרְתִּי\׃na.Tza.re.tiI observeH5341

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:22

  • Psalms 39:8

    Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

  • Psalms 119:39

    Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

  • 1 Peter 2:20

    For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  • 1 Peter 3:16-17

    Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

  • 1 Peter 4:14-16

    If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  • Job 16:20

    My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

  • Psalms 119:42

    So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

  • Psalms 123:3-4

    Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Psalms 68:9-11

    Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

  • 1 Samuel 25:10

    And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

  • Psalms 42:10

    As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

  • Hebrews 13:13

    Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Remove.
39,42; 39:8; 42:10; 68:9-11,19,20; 123:3,4; 1Sa 25:10,39
2Sa 16:7,8; Job 16:20; 19:2,3; Heb 13:13
for I have.
37:3,6; 1Pe 2:20; 3:16,17; 4:14-16

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

Context

  • Psalms 119:21

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

  • Psalms 119:22

    Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:23

    Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

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Psalms 119:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aparta de mí oprobio y menosprecio; porque tus testimonios he guardado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Roule de dessus moi l’opprobre et le mépris; car je garde tes témoignages.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wälze von mir Hohn und Verachtung! denn deine Zeugnisse habe ich bewahrt.