Psalms 119:78

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in 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

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 24:10-12 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'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 mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine 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 rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O LORD 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 is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion{H8799)} together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed{H8799)} with shame and dishonour that magnify{H8688)} themselves against me.
Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate{H8802)} me without a cause are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy{H8688)} me, being mine enemies{H8802)} wrongfully, are mighty{H8804)}: then I restored{H8686)} that which I took not away{H8804)}.
Ps 109:3 : 3 They 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, which do err from thy commandments.
Ps 119:23 : 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Ps 119:85-86 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Jer 50:32 : 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
John 15:25 : 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might 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 be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

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Ps 71:24
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