Psalms 119:157

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַ֭בִּים רֹדְפַ֣י וְצָרָ֑י מֵ֝עֵדְוֺתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃

Transliteration

rabbîm rōḏəpay wəṣārāy from ʿēḏwōtêkā not nāṭîtî

Grammar Details

• *rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many
• *rōḏəpay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my pursuers
• *wəṣārāy*: conjunction + masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - and my adversaries
• *ʿēḏwōtêkā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your testimonies
• *nāṭîtî*: perfect, 1st person singular, qal - I turned aside

Word Meanings

• *rabbîm*: many/numerous/great
• *rōḏəpay*: my pursuers/my persecutors
• *ṣārāy*: my adversaries/my enemies/my foes
• *ʿēḏwōtêkā*: your testimonies/your witnesses/your laws
• *nāṭîtî*: I turned aside/I declined/I deviated

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
• Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
• Isa 42:4 : 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Matt 24:9 : 9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
• Matt 26:47 : 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priest and elders of the people.
• Acts 4:27 : 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 24 But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto 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.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
• Job 17:9 : 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
• Job 23:11 : 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
• Ps 3:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
• Ps 7:1 : 1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
• Ps 22:12 : 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
• Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
• Ps 25:19 : 19 Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
• Ps 44:17 : 17 All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
• Ps 56:2 : 2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; {H4791} For they are many that fight proudly against me.
• Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 12 They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.