Psalms 119:51

119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

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The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law.

119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

What does Psalms 119:51 mean?

Psalms 119:51 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include זֵד (zêd), מְאֹד (mᵉʼôd), לוּץ (lûwts).

Hebrew interlinear

The

proudזֵדzêd/zade'/H2086arrogant

have

had

greatlyמְאֹדmᵉʼôd/meh-ode'/H3966properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)

derision:לוּץlûwts/loots/H3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

yet

have

not

declinedנָטָהnâṭâh/naw-taw'/H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

from

thy

law.תּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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Proverbs 21:24

Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. in proud: Heb. in the wrath of pride

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What does Psalms 119:51 say?

Psalms 119:51 (King James Version) reads: "The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law."

Is Psalms 119:51 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:51 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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