Psalms 119:78

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your 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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 24:10-12 : 10 Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’ 11 Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life. 12 May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.
• 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David,“You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!
• 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?
• Ps 1:2 : 2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
• Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions, 4 or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy, 5 may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)
• Ps 25:3 : 3 Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.
• Ps 35:7 : 7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
• Ps 35:26 : 26 May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
• Ps 69:4 : 4 Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
• Ps 109:3 : 3 They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.
• Ps 119:21 : 21 You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
• Ps 119:23 : 23 Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.
• Ps 119:51 : 51 Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.
• Ps 119:85-86 : 85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law. 86 All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!
• Jer 50:32 : 32 You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”
• John 15:25 : 25 Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law,‘They hated me without reason.’
• 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.