Psalms 119:85

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּֽרוּ־לִ֣י זֵדִ֣ים שִׁיח֑וֹת אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לֹ֣א כְתוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Have dug kārû for me lî the insolent zēḏîm pits šîḥôṯ; which ʾăšer are not lōʾ according to your law ḵəṯôrāṯêḵā.

Grammar Details

*kārû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have dug
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - for me
*zēḏîm*: adjective masculine plural - insolent/proud ones
*šîḥôṯ*: noun feminine plural - pits
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/who/that
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ḵəṯôrāṯêḵā*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - according to your law

Word Meanings

*kārû*: have dug/have excavated
*zēḏîm*: proud/insolent/arrogant ones
*šîḥôṯ*: pits/traps/snares
*ḵəṯôrāṯêḵā*: according to your law/like your teaching/in conformity with your instruction

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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 119:78 : 78 Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Ps 7:15 : 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Ps 58:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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