I was a derision to all my people; And their song all the day.
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.