Psalms 119:51
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.”
מְאֹד
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
נָטָה
I have turned aside
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נָטָה
To incline, to stretch out, to bend. Natah. He inclined His ear to me. God bends down to listen. He positions Himself to hear the faintest cry of His people.
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לוּץ
they have mocked/ me
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לוּץ
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
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עַד
up to
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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זֵד
arrogant people
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זֵד
arrogant
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