Psalms 119:23
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
KJV
Princes also sat and talked against me; But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
ASV
גַּ֤ם יָֽשְׁב֣וּ שָׂ֭רִים בִּ֣/י נִדְבָּ֑רוּ עַ֝בְדְּ/ךָ֗ יָשִׂ֥יחַ בְּ/חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
Princes also sat--against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
YLT
Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָשִׂ֑יחָה
'shychh
verb · 20×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 22:7 — Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains o
- Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
- Ps 119:78 — Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
- Ps 119:161 — Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.