Do not rejoicewhen your enemyfalls,And do not let your heartbe gladwhen he stumbles;
Thus they buriedAbnerin Hebron;and the kingliftedup his voiceand weptat the graveof Abner,and allthe peoplewept.
"Have I rejoicedat the extinctionof my enemy,Or exultedwhenevilbefellhim?
But at my stumblingthey rejoicedand gatheredthemselves together; The smiterswhom I did not knowgatheredtogether againstme, They slanderedme withoutceasing.
Do not let those who are wrongfullymy enemiesrejoiceover me; Nor let those who hateme withoutcausewinkmaliciously.
As a shatteringof my bones,my adversariesrevileme, While they sayto me alldaylong, "Whereis your God?"
He who mocksthe poortauntshis Maker;He who rejoicesat calamitywill not gounpunished.
Orthe LORDwill see[it] and be displeased,And turnHis angerawayfrom him.
"Do not gloatover your brother'sday,The dayof his misfortune.And do not rejoiceover the sonsof JudahIn the dayof their destruction;Yes, do not boastIn the dayof [their] distress.
Do not rejoiceover me, O my enemy.ThoughI fallI will rise;ThoughI dwellin darkness,the LORDis a lightfor me.
It so happenedwhen they were in highspirits,that they said,"Callfor Samson,that he may amuseus." So they calledfor Samsonfrom the prison,and he entertainedthem. And they made him standbetweenthe pillars.
