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Psalms 119:78

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

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יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyevoshvbe confoundedבּוּשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be confounded”, an unfinished actionH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.זֵ֭דִיםzedimpresumptuousזֵדadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “presumptuous”, the ordinary formH2086arrogantpresumptuous, proud.כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…שֶׁ֣קֶרsheqerwithout a causeשֶׁקֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “without a cause”, the ordinary formH8267an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.עִוְּת֑וּנִיivtunicrookedעָוַתverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “crooked”, a completed actionH5791to wrestbow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.אֲ֝נִ֗יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אָשִׂ֥יחַasichacommuneשִׂיחַverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, 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).בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָbefiqudeykhain commandmentפִּקּוּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in commandment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)commandment, precept, statute.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: But I will meditate on thy precepts.

Young’s Literal Translation

Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

World English Bible

Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

Darby Translation

Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν ὑπερήφανοι, ὅτι ἀδίκως ἠνόμησαν εἰς ἐμὲ, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀδολεσχήσω ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου.