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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 sin and are buffeted ye shall endure? but if when ye do well and suffer ye shall endure, this [is] grace 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 proud [men], accursed,{HR}That wander from thy commandments.
 51Proud [men] deride me exceedingly:{HR}From thy law I swerve not.
 85Proud [men] dig for me pits,{HR}Which [is], not according to thy law. (Psa. 119:21,51,85)
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Psa. 35:26• 26They shall be ashamed and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt;{HR}They shall be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 35:26)
without.
Psa. 119:86• 86All thy commandments [are] faithfulness:{HR}[With] falsehood do they persecute me. Help me. (Psa. 119:86)
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Psa. 7:3‑5• 3O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this;{HR}If there be iniquity in my hands;
 4If I have recompensed with evil him that is at peace with me;{HR}If I have spoiled mine adversary without a cause;
 5Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,{HR}And let him tread down my life to the ground,{HR}And let him cause mine honour to lie in the dust. Selah. (Psa. 7:3‑5)
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Psa. 25:3• 3Yea, all those who wait on thee shall not be ashamed;{HR}They shall be ashamed who deal falsely without a cause. (Psa. 25:3)
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Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net;{HR}Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)
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Psa. 69:4• 4More than the hairs of my head [are] those hating me without cause,{HR}Strong my destroyers, mine enemies falsely:{HR}What I took not away, then I restored. (Psa. 69:4)
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Psa. 109:3• 3And [with] words of hatred they have surrounded me{HR}And have fought against me without cause. (Psa. 109:3)
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1 Sam. 24:10‑12,17• 10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eyes spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah'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.
 12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah 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 [it is] 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 sin and are buffeted ye shall endure? but if when ye do well and suffer ye shall endure, this [is] grace with God. (1 Peter 2:20)
but I will.
Psa. 119:23• 23Princes also sat [and] at me talked;{HR}Thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes. (Psa. 119:23)
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Psa. 1:2• 2But in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight,{HR}And in his law doth he meditate by day and by 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Let proud men be ashamed;{HR}For [with] falsehood they perverted me:{HR}I will meditate in thy precepts.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)