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Psalms 119:22

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

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גַּ֣לgalrollגָּלַלverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “roll”, a commandH1556to roll (literally or figuratively)commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.מֵֽ֭עָלַיmealayfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…חֶרְפָּ֣הcherpahrebukeחֶרְפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “rebuke”, the ordinary formH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.וָב֑וּזvavuzand contemptבּוּזconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and contempt”, the ordinary formH937disrespectcontempt(-uously), despised, shamed.כִּ֖יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…עֵדֹתֶ֣יךָedoteykhatestimonyעֵדָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “testimony”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5713testimonytestimony, witness. Compare H5712 (עֵדָה).נָצָֽרְתִּיnatsaretibesiegedנָצַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “besieged”, a completed actionH5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy testimonies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

Young’s Literal Translation

Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.

World English Bible

Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.

Darby Translation

Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy testimonies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Περίελε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ὄνειδος καὶ ἐξουδένωσιν, ὅτι τὰ μαρτύριά σου ἐξεζήτησα.