Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

New American Standard Bible

May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie;
But I shall meditate on Your precepts.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Let the arrogant be put to shame
for slandering me with lies;
I will meditate on Your precepts.

International Standard Version

May the arrogant become ashamed, because they have subverted me with deceit; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Let the arrogant be ashamed and humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie;
But 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.

Julia Smith Translation

The proud shall be ashamed, for they acted perversely to me without cause: I will meditate in thy charges

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have wronged me [with] lies. As for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

Modern King James verseion

Let the proud be ashamed; for they perverted my cause with lying; I will think on Your Commandments.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me; but I will be occupied in thy commandments.

NET Bible

May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your precepts.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Context Readings

Yod

77 Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight. 78 Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders. 79 Let your worshippers be turned to me, and those who have knowledge of your words.


Cross References

1 Samuel 24:10-12

Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

1 Samuel 24:17

And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

Psalm 1:2

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

Psalm 7:3-5

O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

Psalm 25:3

Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

Psalm 35:26

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

Psalm 69:4

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

Psalm 109:3

Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

Psalm 119:21

Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.

Psalm 119:23

Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.

Psalm 119:51

The men of pride have made great sport of me; but I have not been turned from your law.

Psalm 119:85-86

The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.

Jeremiah 50:32

And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.

John 15:25

This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.

1 Peter 2:20

What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

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