Psalm 123:4

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

Our

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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is

מְאֹד

mᵉʼôd

H3966

properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or ...

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מָלֵא

mâlêʼ

H4390

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

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with the

לַעַג

laʻag

H3933

derision, scoffing

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of those that are at

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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and with the

בּוּז

bûwz

H937

disrespect

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of the

זֵד

zêd

H2086

arrogant

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Key Terms in This Verse

scorning H3933

לַעַג laʻag

derision, scoffing

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contempt H937

בּוּז bûwz

disrespect

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ease H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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exceedingly H3966

מְאֹד mᵉʼôd

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)

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proud H2086

זֵד zêd

arrogant

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filled H4390

מָלֵא mâlêʼ

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Cross References

Psalm 119:51 cross-reference

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

Job 12:5 cross-reference

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 cross-reference

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 cross-reference

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

Jeremiah 48:29 cross-reference

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.

Acts 26:24 cross-reference

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

Jeremiah 48:11 cross-reference

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and h...

Amos 6:1 cross-reference

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!

1 Corinthians 4:13 cross-reference

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

Nehemiah 2:19 cross-reference

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 reb...

Job 16:4 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 32:9 cross-reference

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

Jeremiah 48:27 cross-reference

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

Acts 17:21 cross-reference

(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

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