Psalms 119:157

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline 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 declined from thy law.
• Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
• Isa 42:4 : 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Matt 24:9 : 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all 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 priests and elders of the people.
• Acts 4:27 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Job 23:11 : 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
• Ps 3:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
• Ps 7:1 : 1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute 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: the assembly of the wicked 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{H8804)} upon us; yet have we not forgotten{H8804)} thee, neither have we dealt falsely{H8765)} in thy covenant.
• Ps 56:2 : 2 Mine enemies{H8802)} would daily swallow{H8804)} me up: for they be many that fight{H8802)} against me, O thou most High.
• Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.