“Behold, as for the proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie;
But I shall meditate on Your precepts.

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud. Cross references: Psalm 123:1 : Ps 121:1; 141:8 Psalm 123:1 : Ps 2:4; 11:4 Psalm 123:2 : Prov 27:18; Mal 1:6 Psalm 123:2 : Ps 25:15 Psalm 123:3 : Ps 4:1; 51:1 Psalm 123:3 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 2:19; Ps 79:4 Psalm 123:4 : Job 12:5; Is 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 end of crossrefs

For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.’”

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”