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Psalms 119:78
78Proud men should be ashamed! They have spoken lies against me.
Psalms 119:78 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let the insolent be put to shame, because they have wronged me with falsehood; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts.
Context of Psalms 119:78
76Now, please use your faithful love to comfort me. That is what you promised to do for me, your servant. 77Be kind to me so that I will live! Your Law makes me really happy. Proud men should be ashamed! They have spoken lies against me. 79Let the people who respect you come back to me. Then they will learn to obey your rules. 80Let me obey your commands completely. Then I will not be ashamed.
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יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ זֵ֭דִים כִּי־שֶׁ֣קֶר עִוְּת֑וּנִי אֲ֝נִ֗י אָשִׂ֥יחַ בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:78
- Psalms 119:21You warn people who are proud. If they turn away from your commands, you will surely punish them.
- Psalms 35:26Punish those people who are happy when I have troubles. Make them ashamed and confused! Bring down those proud people who laugh at me. Make them feel very ashamed.
- Psalms 119:86I know that I can trust all your commands, but people still give me trouble with their lies. Quickly, help me!
- Psalms 7:3Lord, my God, if I have done a wrong thing, then let my enemies chase me and catch me. If I have done a bad thing against a friend, let my enemies catch me. If I have helped a friend's enemy to attack him, let my enemies catch me! If I am guilty of any of these things, let my enemies knock me down to the ground. They should leave me there, so that I lie as a dead person in the dirt. Selah.
- Psalms 25:3Surely nobody who trusts in you will become ashamed. But those who like to deceive others will become ashamed.
- Psalms 35:7They hid a trap to catch me. There was no reason for them to do that. They even dug a deep hole for me to fall into.
- Psalms 69:4Very many people hate me with no good reason. They are more than the number of hairs on my head! My enemies are too strong for me. They want to destroy me with their lies. They make me give back to them things that I did not take from them!
- Psalms 109:3They are all round me, and they say cruel things. I have done nothing against them, but they still attack me.
- 1 Samuel 24:10You can see that the Lord has kept you safe today when I had a chance to hurt you in the cave. Some of my men wanted me to kill you, but I did not agree. I said, “I will not hurt my master, because the Lord has chosen him to be king.”
- 1 Samuel 26:18David also said, ‘Why are you chasing after me, my master? What have I done that is wrong? Why am I guilty?
- John 15:25Their book of God's Law says, “They hated me without any good reason.” What that book already said long ago had to happen.
- 1 Peter 2:20But if you do something wrong, then your master ought to punish you. That is only fair. Even if you are brave when he is cruel to you, nobody should praise you for that. But your master may punish you even when you have done good things. Then God will be happy if you are patient and brave.
- Psalms 119:23Rulers may think of ways to hurt me. But I will think carefully about your rules.
- Psalms 1:2He is happy when he obeys the Law of the Lord. He thinks about God's Law during the day and at night.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 78Let the proud be ashamed - To reduce a proud man to shame, is to humble him indeed. Let them be confounded. Without cause - without any colourable pretext, have they persecuted me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 78Let the proud be ashamed - Referring here to his enemies, who appear to have been in the higher ranks of life, or to have been those who prided themselves on their wealth, their station, or their influence. See the notes at Psalm 119:51. The psalmist asks here that they might be confounded or put to shame; that is, that they might fail of accomplishing their purposes in regard to him. See Psalm 25:2-3, notes; Job 6:20, note. For they dealt perversely with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 73-80Verses 73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and compassion. The mercies of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 73-80Yodh (י) is the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. In this prayer for comfort and compassion, the psalmist commits himself to his Creator, who has afflicted him. He wants God to pay back his enemies for the wrongs they have done. He also prays to receive the gift of life. He not only prays for himself but also considers the whole community of the godly, asking that God’s answers to prayer would…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 75-7875-78. in faithfulness--that is, without in the least violating Thy faithfulness; because my sins deserved and needed fatherly chastisement. Enduring chastisement with a filial temper (He 12:6-11), God's promises of mercy (Ro 8:28) will be fulfilled, and He will give comfort in sorrow (La 3:22; 2Co 1:3, 4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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