But when Sanballat the Ḥoronite heard, and Toḇiyah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Araḇ, they mocked us and despised us, and said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the sovereign?”
Psalm 123:4 - The Scriptures 2009 Our being is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, With the mockery of the proud. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Our life is exceedingly filled with the scorning and scoffing of those who are at ease and with the contempt of the proud (irresponsible tyrants who disregard God's law). American Standard Version (1901) Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. Common English Bible We’ve had more than enough mockery from the self-confident, more than enough shame from the proud. Catholic Public Domain Version perhaps the waters would have engulfed us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version perhaps the waters had swallowed us up. |
But when Sanballat the Ḥoronite heard, and Toḇiyah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Araḇ, they mocked us and despised us, and said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the sovereign?”
A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease – prepared for those whose feet slip.
I might also speak like you, if you were in my place. I might heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I did not turn aside from Your Torah.
Tremble, you women who are at ease; be troubled, you complacent ones; strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth on your waists.
Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; rise up you complacent daughters, listen to my speech.
“Mo’aḇ has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile. Therefore his flavour has stayed in him, and his fragrance is unchanged.
“And was not Yisra’ĕl a mockery to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him, you shake your head.
“We have heard of the pride of Mo’aḇ (he is very proud!), of his loftiness and arrogance and pride, and of the haughtiness of his heart.”
Woe to those at ease in Tsiyon, and those trusting in Mount Shomeron, the distinguished ones among the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Yisra’ĕl comes!
For all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their leisure time in doing naught but to speak or to hear what is fresh.
And hearing of the resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked, while others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”
And while saying this in his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, “Sha’ul, you are mad! Much learning is turning you to madness!”
being insulted, we help. We have been made as the filth of the world – dirt wiped off by all until now.
And when the Philistine looked about and saw Dawiḏ, he despised him, for he was a youth, and ruddy and of handsome appearance.