Psalms 119:157

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

📖 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 men of pride have made great sport of me; but I have not been turned from your law.
• Ps 119:110 : 110 Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.
• Isa 42:4 : 4 His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
• Matt 24:9 : 9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
• Matt 26:47 : 47 And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.
• Acts 4:27 : 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me. 24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
• Job 17:9 : 9 Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
• Job 23:11 : 11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
• Ps 3:1-2 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me. 2 Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)
• Ps 7:1 : 1 <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;
• Ps 22:12 : 12 A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
• Ps 22:16 : 16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
• Ps 25:19 : 19 See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.
• Ps 44:17 : 17 All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.
• Ps 56:2 : 2 My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
• Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. 11 They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. 12 They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.