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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

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with the scorning.
Psa. 73:5‑9• 5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
 6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
 7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
 8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
 9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psa. 73:5‑9)
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Psa. 119:51• 51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. (Psa. 119:51)
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Job 12:5• 5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as 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 do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. (Job 16:4)
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Jer. 48:11,27,29• 11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
 27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
 29We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. (Jer. 48:11,27,29)
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Acts 17:21,32• 21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
 32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. (Acts 17:21,32)
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Acts 26:24• 24And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. (Acts 26:24)
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1 Cor. 4:13• 13Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. (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.