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The insolentזֵדִיםhave mocked meהֱלִיצֻנִיexceedingly;עַד מְאֹדfrom your instructionמִתּוֹרָתְךָI have notלֹאturned aside.נָטִיתִי
Psalms 119:51
Study it in the app“The insolent have mocked me exceedingly; from your instruction I have not turned aside.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:51, word by word
- The insolentזֵדִיםzedim
arrogant, insolent
Arrogant, insolent: one who acts with pride, knowingly and without fear.
Where else “zedim” appears- have mocked meהֱלִיצֻhelitsu
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “helitsu” appears- exceedinglyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- from your instructionתּוֹרָתְtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- turned asideנָטִיתִיnatiti
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “natiti” appears
The context
50This is my comfort in my affliction, that your saying has given me life.
51 · This verse (above)
52I remembered your rules from of old, YHWH, and I took comfort.