Psalms 119:78

proud. insolent, or arrogant.

perversely. with falsehood.

without. cause. Compare John 15:25 with Romans 3:24 ("freely").

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the proud be ashamed - Referring here to his enemies, who appear to have been in the higher ranks of life, or to have been those who prided t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

78. Let the proud be put to shame. We have already often had occasion to remark, that, in the Hebrew language, the future tense is frequentl...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. Let the proud be ashamed - To red...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For they dealt perversely with me— For they causelessly wrest my steps. The original has the signification of perverting, or wresting the steps o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. Let the proud be ashamed (b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Dealt. — Better, wronged me; literally, bent me.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the proud be ashamed ,.... The same persons he before speaks of as accursed, who had him in derision, and forged a lie against him. Here he pray...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts. Ver. 78. Let the proud be asha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the proud be ashamed Confound all the proud contemners of thy law; let them be brought either to repentance or to shame; for they have dealt pe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jod. The Consolation of God's Providence and Government.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:78

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:78