Psalms 123:4

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

more than our fill of scorn from the complacent and contempt from the arrogant.

Berean Standard Bible:

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much 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.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Our soul{H5315} is exceedingly{H7227} filled{H7646} with the scorning{H3933} of those that are at ease{H7600}, and with the contempt{H937} of the proud{H3238}{H1343}{H1349}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 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.

Acts 17:32

  • ¶ And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter].

1 Corinthians 4:13

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

Amos 6:1

  • ¶ 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!

Isaiah 32:11

  • 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 48:11

  • 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 his scent is not changed.

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Commentary for Psalms 123:4

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5315
    There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
    Transliteration: nephesh
    Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
    Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  2. Strong's Number: H7227
    There are 439 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רַב
    Transliteration: rab
    Pronunciation: rab
    Description: by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
  3. Strong's Number: H7646
    There are 92 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׂבַע
    Transliteration: sâbaʻ
    Pronunciation: saw-bah'
    Description: or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively); have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
  4. Strong's Number: H3933
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לַעַג
    Transliteration: laʻag
    Pronunciation: lah'-ag
    Description: from לָעַג; derision, scoffing; derision, scorn (-ing).
  5. Strong's Number: H7600
    There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׁאֲנָן
    Transliteration: shaʼănân
    Pronunciation: shah-an-awn'
    Description: from שָׁאַן; secure; in a bad sense, haughty; that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare שַׁלְאֲנָן.
  6. Strong's Number: H937
    There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוּז
    Transliteration: bûwz
    Pronunciation: booz
    Description: from בּוּז; disrespect; contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
  7. Strong's Number: H3238
    There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָנָה
    Transliteration: yânâh
    Pronunciation: yaw-naw'
    Description: a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat; destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
  8. Strong's Number: H1343
    There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גֵּאֶה
    Transliteration: gêʼeh
    Pronunciation: gay-eh'
    Description: from גָּאָה; lofty; figuratively, arrogant; proud.
  9. Strong's Number: H1349
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גַּאֲיוֹן
    Transliteration: gaʼăyôwn
    Pronunciation: gah-ah-yone'
    Description: from גָּאָה; haughty; proud.