Psalms 119 · Verse 78

Psalms 119:78

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Psalms 119:78, King James Version

Psalms 119:78 in other translations

BSBMay the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
WEBLet the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
ASVLet the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: But I will meditate on thy precepts.
YLTAshamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
DARBYLet the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.
BBELet the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.
WebsterLet the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

What does Psalms 119:78 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:75-78

75-78. in faithfulness--that is, without in the least violating Thy faithfulness; because my sins deserved and needed fatherly chastisement. Enduring chastisement with a filial temper (He 12:6-11), God's promises of mercy (Ro 8:28) will be fulfilled, and He will give comfort in sorrow (La 3:22; 2Co 1:3, 4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 78 Let the proud be ashamed - To reduce a proud man to shame, is to humble him indeed. Let them be confounded. Without cause - without any colourable pretext, have they persecuted me.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:73-80

God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and…

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Psalms 119:78 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּye.Vo.shulet them be ashamedH954
זֵ֭דִיםZe.dimarrogant [people]H2086
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
שֶׁ֣קֶרShe.kerfalsehoodH8267
עִוְּת֑וּנִי'i.ve.Tu.nithey have subverted meH5791
אֲ֝נִ֗י'a.NiIH589
אָשִׂ֥יחַ'a.Si.achI will meditateH7878
בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ\׃be.fi.ku.Dei.chaon precepts yourH6490

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:78

  • John 15:25

    But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

  • Psalms 119:51

    The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

  • Psalms 119:23

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

  • Psalms 25:3

    Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

  • 1 Peter 2:20

    For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  • Psalms 69:4

    They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

  • Psalms 7:3-5

    O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • Psalms 1:2

    But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

  • Jeremiah 50:32

    And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

  • Psalms 119:85-86

    The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

  • Psalms 35:7

    For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

  • 1 Samuel 24:10-12

    Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed. Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the proud.
21,51,85; 35:26
without.
86; 7:3-5; 25:3; 35:7; 69:4; 109:3; 1Sa 24:10-12,17; 26:18; Joh 15:25
1Pe 2:20
but I will.
23; 1:2

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Context

  • Psalms 119:77

    Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

  • Psalms 119:78

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

  • Psalms 119:79

    Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

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Psalms 119:78 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sean avergonzados los soberbios, porque sin causa me han calumniado: yo empero, meditaré en tus mandamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que les orgueilleux soient couverts de honte, car sans cause ils ont agi perversement envers moi; moi, je médite tes préceptes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Laß beschämt werden die Übermütigen! denn sie haben mich gebeugt ohne Grund; ich, ich sinne über deine Vorschriften.