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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:78 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let the proud
zed (Hebrew #2086)
arrogant
KJV usage: presumptuous, proud.
Pronounce: zade'
Origin: from 2102
be ashamed
buwsh (Hebrew #954)
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
KJV usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Pronounce: boosh
Origin: a primitive root
; for they dealt perversely
`avath (Hebrew #5791)
to wrest
KJV usage: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
Pronounce: aw-vath'
Origin: a primitive root
with me withoutv a cause
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
: but I will meditate
siyach (Hebrew #7878)
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
KJV usage: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
Pronounce: see'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
in thy precepts
piqquwd (Hebrew #6490)
from 6485; properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
KJV usage: commandment, precept, statute.
Pronounce: pik-kood'
Origin: or piqqud {pik-kood'}
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1 Peter 2:20• 20For 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 2:20)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the proud.
Psa. 119:21,51,85• 21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
 51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
 85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. (Psa. 119:21,51,85)
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Psa. 35:26• 26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 35:26)
without.
Psa. 119:86• 86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. (Psa. 119:86)
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Psa. 7:3‑5• 3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
 4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
 5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah. (Psa. 7:3‑5)
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Psa. 25:3• 3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. (Psa. 25:3)
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Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)
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Psa. 69:4• 4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. (Psa. 69:4)
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Psa. 109:3• 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. (Psa. 109:3)
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1 Sam. 24:10‑12,17• 10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.
 11Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
 12The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
 17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. (1 Sam. 24:10‑12,17)
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1 Sam. 26:18• 18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? (1 Sam. 26:18)
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John 15:25• 25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. (John 15:25)
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1 Peter 2:20• 20For 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 2:20)
but I will.
Psa. 119:23• 23Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. (Psa. 119:23)
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Psa. 1:2• 2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (Psa. 1:2)
• Here the desire that they should be ashamed is according to the righteous character of God. The faithful one keeps himself apart and meditates in God's revealed will. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)
• God had dealt with him faithfully for his good, but the proud had dealt perversely with him without a cause. He looks that they may be ashamed. (“Psalm 119:81-88: Division 10 (Jod)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towardsa me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "have subverted." see Ps. 146.9; Lam. 3.36.