Psalms 119:78
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
- KJV
- Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
- WEB
- Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
- ASV
- Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
- DARBY
- Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.
- BLB
- May the arrogant ones be put to shame, for with a lie they dealt perversely with me; I will meditate on Your precepts.
- ÅB
- La de overmodige bli til skamme! For de har trykket meg ned uten årsak; jeg grunder på dine befalinger.
- OTB
- Må de stolte bli til skamme, for de gjør meg urett med løgner;
Men jeg skal tenke på dine påbud. - B1930
- La de overmodige bli til skamme! For de har trykket mig ned uten årsak; jeg grunder på dine befalinger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:25
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Read in contextPsalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Read in contextPsalms 119:23
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Read in contextPsalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Read in context1 Peter 2:20
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.
Read in contextPsalms 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Read in contextPsalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Read in contextPsalms 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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