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Psalm 123:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and we can't take more abuse from those proud, conceited people.

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When Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard about our plans, they started insulting us and saying, “Just look at you! Do you plan to rebuild the walls of the city and rebel against the king?”

It's easy to condemn those who are suffering, when you have no troubles.

If I were in your place, it would be easy to criticize or to give advice.

Conceited people sneer at me, but I obey your Law.

Shake and shudder, you women without a care! Strip off your clothes— put on sackcloth.

Listen to what I say, you women who are carefree and careless!

Moab, you are like wine left to settle undisturbed, never poured from jar to jar. And so, your nation continues to prosper and improve.

You made fun of my people and treated them like criminals caught in the act.

I know about your pride, and how you strut and boast.

Do you rulers in Jerusalem and in the city of Samaria feel safe and at ease? Everyone bows down to you, and you think you are better than any other nation. But you are in for trouble!

More than anything else the people of Athens and the foreigners living there loved to hear and to talk about anything new.

As soon as the people heard Paul say that a man had been raised from death, some of them started laughing. Others said, “We will hear you talk about this some other time.”

Before Paul finished defending himself, Festus shouted, “Paul, you're mad! Too much learning has driven you out of your mind.”

When someone curses us, we answer with kind words. Until now we are thought of as nothing more than the trash and rubbish of this world.

When Goliath saw that David was just a healthy, good-looking boy, he made fun of him.




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