King James Version

Psalms 89:50

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:51.

זְכֹ֣רzekhorbe maleזָכַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be male”, a commandH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.אֲ֭דֹנָיadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.חֶרְפַּ֣תcherpatrebukeחֶרְפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “rebuke”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.עֲבָדֶ֑יךָavadeykhaservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.שְׂאֵתִ֥יseetilift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “lift up”, the to-form of the verbH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…בְ֝חֵיקִ֗יvecheyqiin bosomחֵיקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in bosom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2436the bosom (literally or figuratively)bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).רַבִּ֥יםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…עַמִּֽיםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

Young’s Literal Translation

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

World English Bible

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

Darby Translation

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, even the reproach of many nations;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μνήσθητι Κύριε τοῦ ὀνειδισμου τῶν δούλων σου οὗ ὑπέσχον ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου πολλῶν ἐθνῶν·