Psalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
KJV
The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yethave I not swerved from thy law.
ASV
זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣/נִי עַד מְאֹ֑ד מִ֝/תּֽוֹרָתְ/ךָ֗ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי
Hebrew
The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
YLT
The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
זֵדִ֑ים
zdym
adjective · 12×
י
y
noun · 221×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 20:7 — 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.
- Job 23:11 — My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
- Luke 16:14 — And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
- Prov 4:5 — Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- Ps 36:11 — Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- Ps 44:18 — Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
- Ps 44:18 — Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
- Ps 119:69 — The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
- 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 119:87 — They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
- Ps 119:110 — The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
- Ps 119:157 — Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
- Ps 119:157 — Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
- Ps 123:4 — Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.