Psalms 119:51

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד מִ֝תּֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃

Transliteration

zēḏîm hĕlîṣūnî until-mǝʾōḏ from-tôrāṯḵā not nāṭîṯî

Grammar Details

*zēḏîm*: masculine plural adjective - proud/insolent ones
*hĕlîṣūnî*: hiphil perfect 3rd person plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have scorned me
*ʿaḏ-mǝʾōḏ*: preposition + adverb - to excess/greatly
*mittôrāṯḵā*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your law
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*nāṭîṯî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have turned/inclined

Word Meanings

*zēḏîm*: proud ones/arrogant ones/insolent ones
*hĕlîṣūnî*: they have scorned me/derided me/mocked me
*nāṭîṯî*: I have turned aside/deviated/inclined away

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 23:11 : 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Ps 44:18 : 18 Our heart is not turned{H8738)} back, neither have our steps declined{H8799)} from thy way;
Jer 20:7 : 7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
Ps 119:157 : 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Isa 38:3 : 3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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.
Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Ps 119:31 : 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Luke 16:14-15 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
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.
Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
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50This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
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