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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• 11To his step my foot hath held,{HR}His way have I kept, and not turned aside: (Job 23:11)
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Isa. 38:3• 3and said, Remember now, Jehovah, 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 proud [men], accursed,{HR}That wander from thy commandments.
 69Proud [men] have forged falsehood against me;{HR}With a whole heart {i}I{/i} will observe thy precepts. (Psa. 119:21,69)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Be gracious to us, Jehovah,{HR}Be gracious to us,{HR}For greatly are we filled with contempt.
 4Greatly is our soul filled with the scorning of those at ease,{HR}The contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
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Jer. 20:7• 7{i}Jehovah, 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.{/i} (Jer. 20:7)
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Luke 16:14‑15• 14{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him.
 15And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which 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 saved others, let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen of God. (Luke 23:35)
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Psa. 119:31,157• 31I have cleaved unto thy testimonies:{HR}Jehovah, put me not to shame.
 157Many [are] my persecutors and mine oppressors;{HR}From thy testimonies I decline not. (Psa. 119:31,157)
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Psa. 44:18• 18Our heart hath not turned backward,{HR}Nor hath our step declined from thy path. (Psa. 44:18)
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Job 23:11• 11To his step my foot hath held,{HR}His way have I kept, and not turned aside: (Job 23:11)
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Isa. 38:3• 3and said, Remember now, Jehovah, 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 crushed till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. (Isa. 42:4)
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Acts 20:23‑24• 23save that the Holy Spirit testifieth to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
 24But I hold not my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:23‑24)
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Heb. 12:1‑3• 1Therefore let us also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the readily besetting sin, run with endurance the race that is set before us,
 2looking off unto Jesus the leader and completer of faith; who for the joy set before him endured cross, despising shame, and is set down on the right hand of the throne of God.
 3For consider well him that endured so great contradiction by sinners against himself, that ye weary not, fainting in your souls. (Heb. 12:1‑3)
• 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)
• (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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Proud [men] deride me exceedingly:{HR}From thy law I swerve not.