When a wickedmancomes,contemptalsocomes,And with dishonor[comes] scorn.
Hear,O our God,howwe are despised!Returntheir reproachon their own headsand givethem up for plunderin a landof captivity.
Reproachhas brokenmy heartand I am so sick.And I lookedfor sympathy,but therewas none,And for comforters,but I foundnone.
For zealfor Your househas consumedme, And the reproachesof those who reproachYou have fallenon me.
When pridecomes,then comesdishonor,But with the humbleis wisdom.
A righteousmanhatesfalsehood,But a wickedmanactsdisgustinglyand shamefully.
A fooldoes not delightin understanding,But onlyin revealinghis own mind.
The wordsof a man'smouthare deepwaters;The fountainof wisdomis a bubblingbrook.
Driveout the scoffer,and contentionwill goout, Even strifeand dishonorwill cease.
When the wickedincrease,transgressionincreases;But the righteouswill seetheir fall.
Ifyou are reviledfor the nameof Christ,you are blessed,becausethe Spiritof gloryand of Godrestson you.
In [all] this,they are surprisedthat you do not runwith [them] into the sameexcessesof dissipation,and they malign[you];
Then Saul'sangerburnedagainst Jonathanand he saidto him, "You sonof a perverse,rebelliouswoman! Do I not knowthat you are choosingthe sonof Jesseto your own shameand to the shameof your mother'snakedness?
