Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud. New Living Translation We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant. English Standard Version Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud. Berean Standard Bible We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud. King James Bible Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. New King James Version Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud. New American Standard Bible Our soul has had much more than enough Of the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. NASB 1995 Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. NASB 1977 Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. Legacy Standard Bible Our soul is greatly saturated With the mockery of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. Amplified Bible Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God’s law]. Christian Standard Bible We’ve had more than enough scorn from the arrogant and contempt from the proud. Holman Christian Standard Bible We’ve had more than enough scorn from the arrogant and contempt from the proud. American Standard Version Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. Contemporary English Version and we can't take more abuse from those proud, conceited people. English Revised Version Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. GOD'S WORD® Translation We have suffered more than our share of ridicule from those who are carefree. We have suffered more than our share of contempt from those who are arrogant. Good News Translation We have been mocked too long by the rich and scorned by proud oppressors. International Standard Version Our lives overflow with scorn from those who live at ease, with contempt from those who are proud. Majority Standard Bible We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud. NET Bible We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud. New Heart English Bible Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. Webster's Bible Translation Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. World English Bible Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionOur soul has been greatly filled "" With the scorning of the easy ones, "" With the contempt of the arrogant! Young's Literal Translation Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant! Smith's Literal Translation Much was our soul filled with it, a derision of those living at ease the contempt of the proud. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Our souls are more than sated with mockery from the insolent, with contempt from the arrogant. New Revised Standard Version Our soul has had more than its fill of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOur soul has enough of the scorn of mockers, and enough of the contempt of the proud. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For the multitude has filled our soul with the mockery of mockers and the contempt of the proud. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Our soul is full sated With the scorning of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud oppressors. Brenton Septuagint Translation Yea, our soul has been exceedingly filled with it: let the reproach be to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Lift Up My Eyes to You…3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. 4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud. Cross References Isaiah 51:7 Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults. Isaiah 51:23 I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.” Nehemiah 4:4 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity. Lamentations 3:30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach. Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. Luke 6:22-23 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. / Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way. 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Hebrews 11:36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 1 Corinthians 4:12-13 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; / when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, John 15:18-20 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. Romans 8:35-37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. Treasury of Scripture Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. with the scorning Psalm 73:5-9 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men… Psalm 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. Job 12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Jump to Previous Arrogant Ascents Contempt David Ease Easy Endured Enough Exceedingly Filled Full Greatly Oppressors Pride Proud Psalm Ridicule Sated Scoffing Scorn Scorning Song SoulJump to Next Arrogant Ascents Contempt David Ease Easy Endured Enough Exceedingly Filled Full Greatly Oppressors Pride Proud Psalm Ridicule Sated Scoffing Scorn Scorning Song SoulPsalm 123 1. The godly profess their confidence in God3. And pray to be delivered from contempt We have endured The phrase "We have endured" speaks to a collective experience of suffering and patience. The Hebrew root word here is "saba," which conveys the idea of being sated or filled, often with something burdensome. This suggests a prolonged period of bearing insults or hardships, indicating that the people of God have been subjected to ongoing trials. Historically, the Israelites faced numerous periods of oppression and ridicule, whether in Egypt, during the Babylonian exile, or under Roman rule. This endurance is not passive but an active, faithful waiting upon the Lord, trusting in His deliverance. much scorn from the arrogant much contempt from the proud "The whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely." Verse 4. - Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease; i.e. the careless and irreligious (camp. Isaiah 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1. And with the contempt of the proud. This clause is exegetical of the last, not additional. Translate, the seining of those that are at ease - the contempt of the proud.
Hebrew Weנַ֫פְשֵׁ֥נוּ (nap̄·šê·nū) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion have endured שָֽׂבְעָה־ (śā·ḇə·‘āh-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited much רַבַּת֮ (rab·baṯ) Adjective - feminine singular construct Strong's 7227: Much, many, great scorn הַלַּ֥עַג (hal·la·‘aḡ) Article | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3933: A mocking, derision from the arrogant, הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים (haš·ša·’ă·nan·nîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7600: Secure, haughty much contempt הַ֝בּ֗וּז (hab·būz) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 937: Disrespect from the proud. לִגְאֵ֥יוֹנִֽים׃ (liḡ·’ê·yō·w·nîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1349: Haughty Links Psalm 123:4 NIVPsalm 123:4 NLT Psalm 123:4 ESV Psalm 123:4 NASB Psalm 123:4 KJV Psalm 123:4 BibleApps.com Psalm 123:4 Biblia Paralela Psalm 123:4 Chinese Bible Psalm 123:4 French Bible Psalm 123:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled (Psalm Ps Psa.) |