Psalms 123 · Verse 4

Psalms 123:4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Psalms 123:4, King James Version

Psalms 123:4 in other translations

BSBWe have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
WEBOur soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
ASVOur soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.
YLTGreatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!
DARBYOur soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
BBEFor long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
WebsterOur soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

What does Psalms 123:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. of those that are at ease--self-complacently, disregarding God's law, and despising His people.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Those that are at ease - The Babylonians, who, having subdued all the people of the neighboring nations, lived at ease, had none to contend with them, and now became luxurious, indolent, and insolent: they were contemptuous and proud.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 123:4 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.

רַבַּת֮ra.BatmuchH7227
שָֽׂבְעָה\־sa.ve.'ah-it has been surfeitedH7646
לָּ֪הּlah<for> itself
נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥נוּnaf.She.nuself ourH5315
הַלַּ֥עַגha.La.'agthe mockery ofH3933
הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑יםha.sha.'a.na.Nim<the> self-confident [people]H7600
הַ֝בּ֗וּזha.Buzthe contemptH937
לִגְאֵי יוֹנִים\׃lig.'E yo.nimof arrogant opressorsH1343

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

Cross references for Psalms 123:4

  • Psalms 119:51

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

  • Job 12:5

    He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  • Acts 17:32

    And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

  • Isaiah 32:11

    Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:13

    Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

  • Jeremiah 48:29

    We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Isaiah 32:9

    Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

  • Amos 6:1

    Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

  • Job 16:4

    I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

  • Acts 26:24

    And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

  • Psalms 73:5-9

    They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. …

  • Nehemiah 2:19

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
with the scorning.
73:5-9; 119:51; Job 12:5; 16:4; Jer 48:11,27,29; Ac 17:21,32
Ac 26:24; 1Co 4:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 123:3

    Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

  • Psalms 123:4

    Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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Psalms 123:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Muy harta está nuestra alma del escarnio de los holgados, y del menosprecio de los soberbios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Nos âmes sont, outre mesure, rassasiées des insultes de ceux qui sont à l’aise, du mépris des orgueilleux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Reichlich ist unsere Seele gesättigt mit dem Spotte der Sorglosen, mit der Verachtung der Hoffärtigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
forsitan aqua absorbuisset nos;