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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:51 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The proud
zed (Hebrew #2086)
arrogant
KJV usage: presumptuous, proud.
Pronounce: zade'
Origin: from 2102
have had me greatly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
in derision
luwts (Hebrew #3887)
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Pronounce: loots
Origin: a primitive root
: yetb have I not declined
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
from thy law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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Job 23:11• 11My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside. (Job 23:11)
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Isa. 38:3• 3and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much. (Isa. 38:3)

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Psa. 119:21,69• 21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
 69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart. (Psa. 119:21,69)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
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Jer. 20:7• 7Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me. (Jer. 20:7)
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Luke 16:14‑15• 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
 15And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:14‑15)
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Luke 23:35• 35And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also with them sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God. (Luke 23:35)
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Psa. 119:31,157• 31I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
 157Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies. (Psa. 119:31,157)
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Psa. 44:18• 18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path; (Psa. 44:18)
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Job 23:11• 11My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside. (Job 23:11)
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Isa. 38:3• 3and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much. (Isa. 38:3)
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Isa. 42:4• 4He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. (Isa. 42:4)
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Acts 20:23‑24• 23only that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.
 24But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God. (Acts 20:23‑24)
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Heb. 12:1‑3• 1Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
 2looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
 3For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds. (Heb. 12:1‑3)
• (vs. 51) Nevertheless, confidence in the Word of God made the servant of the Lord an object of derision to the proud men of the world―those who had thrown off allegiance to God and His Word. In spite of derision the soul was not moved from its confidence. (“Psalm 119:40-56: Division 7 (Zain)” by H. Smith)
• This lowly, patient obedience, accepting meekly reproach, had been the scorn and derision of the proud; but faith in His word had kept the soul from swerving. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.