Psalm 119:78

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

Cross-reference

Psalm 119:21 also speaks of the arrogant being rebuked for wandering from God's commandments, matching the prayer for their shame here.

Psalm 119:23 has the same response: despite princes plotting, the psalmist meditates on God's statutes—directly parallel to meditating on precepts here.

In Psalm 119:51, the arrogant deride the psalmist, but he does not turn from God's law—the same persecution and steadfastness seen here.

Psalm 119:85 describes arrogant men digging pits for the psalmist, reinforcing the same theme of being wronged by the proud.

Psalm 119:86 also mentions persecution with falsehood and a cry for help, directly paralleling the falsehood and wrongdoing here.

Psalm 25:3 Parallel

Psalm 25:3 promises that those who wait on God will not be shamed, while the treacherous will be—matching the psalmist's hope that arrogant wrongdoers will be shamed.

Psalm 35:26 Parallel

Psalm 35:26 similarly prays for shame on those who rejoice at the psalmist's calamity, echoing the request for arrogant opponents to be shamed.

Psalm 69:4 Parallel

In Psalm 69:4, the psalmist laments enemies who hate without cause and falsely accuse him—mirroring the arrogant who subvert the psalmist with lies here.

Psalm 109:3 Parallel

Psalm 109:3 describes enemies attacking without cause with hateful words—echoing the false accusations faced here by the psalmist.

Psalm 1:2 Parallel

Psalm 1:2 describes delight and meditation on God's law—the general principle the psalmist applies here when facing arrogant enemies.

Psalm 7:3–5 Related theme

Psalm 7:3-5 protests innocence against false accusations, a related theme to being wronged by falsehood, though the psalmist here does not claim specific innocence.

1 Samuel 24:10–12 Historical context

1 Samuel 24:10-12 shows David innocent of wrongdoing while Saul pursues him—a narrative example of being wronged without cause, as the psalmist experiences.

1 Samuel 26:18 Historical context

In 1 Samuel 26:18, David protests his innocence against Saul's unjust pursuit—similar to the psalmist's plea against the arrogant who subvert him.

John 15:25 Citation

John 15:25 quotes 'they hated me without cause' from Psalm 69:4, applying the same unjust hatred to Jesus—a typological fulfillment of the righteous sufferer.

1 Samuel 24:17 Historical context

In 1 Samuel 24:17, Saul admits David's righteousness—showing the arrogant shamed, which is what the psalmist prays for here.

1 Peter 2:20 commends enduring suffering for doing good—paralleling the psalmist's response to unjust opposition by meditating on God's precepts.