New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 119:78
78May 1the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me 2with a lie; But I shall 3meditate on Your precepts.
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
76O may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your servant. 77May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight. May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie; But I shall meditate on Your precepts. 79May those who fear You turn to me, Even those who know Your testimonies. 80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, So that I will not be ashamed.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:78 word by word
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ זֵ֭דִים כִּי־שֶׁ֣קֶר עִוְּת֑וּנִי אֲ֝נִ֗י אָשִׂ֥יחַ בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:78
- Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments.
- Psalms 35:26Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.
- Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
- Psalms 25:3Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
- Psalms 109:3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
- 1 Samuel 26:18He also said, “Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
- John 15:25But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’
- 1 Peter 2:20For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
- Psalms 119:23Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
- Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and 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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