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Psalms 119:23

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

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גַּ֤םgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.יָֽשְׁב֣וּyashevvdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “dwell”, a completed actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…שָׂ֭רִיםsarimcaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “captain”, the ordinary formH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.בִּ֣יbiinבִּ֣יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inנִדְבָּ֑רוּnidbarvspeakדָבַרverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “speak”, a completed actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.עַ֝בְדְּךָ֗avdekhaservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.יָשִׂ֥יחַyasichacommuneשִׂיחַverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “commune”, an unfinished actionH7878to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) uttercommune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).בְּחֻקֶּֽיךָbechuqeykhain appointedחֹקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Even though princes sit and talk against me, thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Princes also sat and talked against me; But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.

Young’s Literal Translation

Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,

World English Bible

Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.

Darby Translation

Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Even though princes sit and talk against me, thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ γὰρ ἐκάθισαν ἄρχοντες, καὶ κατʼ ἐμοῦ κατελάλουν, ὁ δὲ δοῦλός σου ἠδολέσχει ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου.