New English Translation
Psalms 119:78
78May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate 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
76May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant. 77May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law. May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your precepts. 79May your loyal followers turn to me, those who know your rules. 80May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed. כ (Kaf)
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:78 word by word
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ זֵ֭דִים כִּי־שֶׁ֣קֶר עִוְּת֑וּנִי אֲ֝נִ֗י אָשִׂ֥יחַ בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:78
- Psalms 119:21You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
- Psalms 35:26May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
- Psalms 119:86All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,
- Psalms 25:3Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.
- Psalms 35:7I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
- Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
- Psalms 109:3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you – this very day – into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’
- 1 Samuel 26:18He went on to say, “Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?
- John 15:25Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’
- 1 Peter 2:20For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.
- Psalms 119:23Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.
- Psalms 1:2Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands 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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