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Psalms 119:141

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

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צָעִ֣ירtsairlittleצָעִירadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “little”, the ordinary formH6810little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignobleleast, little (one), small (one), [phrase] young(-er, -est).אָנֹכִ֣יanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.וְנִבְזֶ֑הvenivzehand despiseבָּזָהconjunction, verb, niphal, participle, absolute — “and despise”, a verb used as a describing wordH959to disesteemdespise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.פִּ֝קֻּדֶ֗יךָpiqudeykhacommandmentפִּקּוּדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “commandment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)commandment, precept, statute.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…שָׁכָֽחְתִּיshakhachetiforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “forget”, a completed actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.

World English Bible

I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

Darby Translation

I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I am young and despised: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νεώτερος ἐγὼ εἰμι καὶ ἐξουδενωμένος, τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην.