Psalms 119 · Verse 23

Psalms 119:23

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms 119:23, King James Version

Psalms 119:23 in other translations

BSBThough rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
WEBThough princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
ASVPrinces also sat and talked against me; But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
YLTPrinces also sat--against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
DARBYPrinces also did sit and talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.
BBERulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.
WebsterPrinces also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

What does Psalms 119:23 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 23 Princes also did sit - It is very likely that the nobles of Babylon did often, by wicked misrepresentations, render the minds of the kings of the empire evil affected towards the Jews.

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 119:23 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.

גַּ֤םgamalsoH1571
יָֽשְׁב֣וּya.she.Vuthey sitH3427
שָׂ֭רִיםSa.rimofficialsH8269
בִּ֣יbiin me
נִדְבָּ֑רוּnid.Ba.ruthey speak togetherH1696
עַ֝בְדְּךָ֗'av.de.khaservant yourH5650
יָשִׂ֥יחַya.Si.achhe meditatesH7878
בְּחֻקֶּֽיךָ\׃be.chu.Kei.chaon decrees yourH2706

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Cross references for Psalms 119:23

  • Psalms 2:1-2

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

  • Luke 23:10-11

    And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

  • 1 Samuel 22:7-13

    Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. …

  • 1 Samuel 20:31

    For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

  • Luke 22:66

    And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Princes.
2:1,2; 1Sa 20:31; 22:7-13; Lu 22:66; 23:1,2,10,11
thy servant.
15

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 119:24

    Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

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Psalms 119:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Príncipes también se sentaron y hablaron contra mí: mas tu siervo meditaba en tus estatutos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les princes même se sont assis et parlent contre moi; ton serviteur médite tes statuts.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sitzen auch Fürsten und bereden sich wider mich, dein Knecht sinnt über deine Satzungen.