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Psalms 119:53

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

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זַלְעָפָ֣הzalafahhorribleזַלְעָפָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “horrible”, the ordinary formH2152a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)horrible, horror, terrible.אֲ֭חָזַתְנִיachazatniholdאָחַזverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hold”, a completed actionH270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)[phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).מֵרְשָׁעִ֑יםmereshaimfrom guiltyרָשָׁעpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “from guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.עֹ֝זְבֵ֗יozevecommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, participle, construct — “commit self”, a verb used as a describing wordH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.תּוֹרָתֶֽךָtoratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked that forsake Thy law.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Young’s Literal Translation

Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

World English Bible

Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.

Darby Translation

Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked that forsake Thy law.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀθυμία κατέσχε με ἀπὸ ἁμαρτωλῶν τῶν ἐγκαταλιμπανόντων τὸν νόμον σου.