Psalms 119:78

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ זֵ֭דִים כִּי־שֶׁ֣קֶר עִוְּת֑וּנִי אֲ֝נִ֗י אָשִׂ֥יחַ בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Let be ashamed yēḇōšû the insolent zēḏîm for kî falsely šeqer they have wronged me ʿiwwəṯûnî; I ʾănî will meditate ʾāśîaḥ on your precepts bəp̄iqqûḏêḵā.

Grammar Details

• *yēḇōšû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural jussive - let them be ashamed
• *zēḏîm*: adjective masculine plural - insolent/proud ones
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *šeqer*: noun masculine singular - falsehood/lie
• *ʿiwwəṯûnî*: piel perfect 3rd person common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have perverted/wronged me
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I, myself
• *ʾāśîaḥ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will meditate/muse
• *bəp̄iqqûḏêḵā*: preposition + masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - on your precepts

Word Meanings

• *yēḇōšû*: let them be ashamed/may they be put to shame
• *zēḏîm*: proud/insolent/arrogant ones
• *šeqer*: falsely/with falsehood/with lies
• *ʿiwwəṯûnî*: they have wronged me/they have dealt falsely with me/they have perverted my cause
• *ʾāśîaḥ*: I will meditate/I will ponder/I will consider
• *p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: your precepts/your commands/your instructions

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 24:10-12 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed. 11 Moreover, 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 my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it. 12 Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
• 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.
• 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
• Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
• Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {H5542}
• Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
• Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
• Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
• Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
• Ps 109:3 : 3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
• Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
• Ps 119:23 : 23 Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
• Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
• Ps 119:85-86 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.
• Jer 50:32 : 32 And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.
• John 15:25 : 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
• 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.