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Psalm 123

Psa. 123:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Our soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
is exceedingly
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
filled
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
with the scorning
la`ag (Hebrew #3933)
derision, scoffing
KJV usage: derision, scorn (-ing).
Pronounce: lah'-ag
Origin: from 3932
of those that are at ease
sha'anan (Hebrew #7600)
secure; in a bad sense, haughty
KJV usage: that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare 7946.
Pronounce: shah-an-awn'
Origin: from 7599
, and with the contempt
buwz (Hebrew #937)
disrespect
KJV usage: contempt(-uo usly), despised, shamed.
Pronounce: booz
Origin: from 936
of the proud
ga'ayown (Hebrew #1349)
from 1342: haughty
KJV usage: proud.
Pronounce: gah-ah-yone'
ge'eh (Hebrew #1343)
lofty; figuratively, arrogant
KJV usage: proud.
Pronounce: gay-eh'
Origin: from 1342
yanah (Hebrew #3238)
to rage or be violent: by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
KJV usage: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
Pronounce: yaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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with the scorning.
Psa. 73:5‑9• 5They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:
 6Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;
 7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
 8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
 9They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psa. 73:5‑9)
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Psa. 119:51• 51The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law. (Psa. 119:51)
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Job 12:5• 5He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. (Job 12:5)
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Job 16:4• 4I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you; (Job 16:4)
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Jer. 48:11,27,29• 11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
 27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?
 29We have heard of the arrogance of Moab,--he is very proud;--his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. (Jer. 48:11,27,29)
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Acts 17:21,32• 21Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.
 32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this. (Acts 17:21,32)
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Acts 26:24• 24And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness. (Acts 26:24)
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1 Cor. 4:13• 13insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now. (1 Cor. 4:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.