Our soulis greatlyfilledWith the scoffingof those whoare at ease,[And] with the contemptof the proud.
But when Sanballatthe Horoniteand Tobiahthe Ammoniteofficial,and Geshemthe Arabheard[it], they mockedus and despisedus and said,"Whatis thisthingyou are doing?Are you rebellingagainstthe king?"
"He who is at easeholdscalamityin contempt,As preparedfor those whose feetslip.
"I toocould speaklike you, IfI were in your place.I could composewordsagainstyou And shakemy headat you.
The arrogantutterlyderideme, [Yet] I do not turnasidefrom Your law.
Tremble,you [women] whoare at ease;Be troubled,you complacent[daughters]; Strip,undressand put[sackcloth] on [your] waist,
Riseup, you womenwhoare at ease,[And] hearmy voice;Giveearto my word,You complacentdaughters.
"Moabhas beenat easesincehis youth;He has also beenundisturbed,[like wine] on its dregs,And he has not been emptiedfrom vesselto vessel,Norhas he goneinto exile.Thereforehe retainshis flavor,And his aromahas not changed.
"Now was not Israela laughingstockto you? Orwas he caughtamong thieves?For eachtimeyou speakabout him you shake[your head in scorn].
"We have heardof the prideof Moab--he [is] veryproud--Of his haughtiness,his pride,his arroganceand his self-exaltation.
Woeto thosewho are at easein ZionAnd to those who [feel] securein the mountainof Samaria,The distinguishedmen of the foremostof nations,To whomthe houseof Israelcomes.
(Nowallthe Atheniansand the strangersvisitingthere used to spend their timein nothingotherthantellingorhearingsomethingnew.)
Nowwhen they heardof the resurrectionof the dead,some[began] to sneer,but otherssaid,"We shall hearyou againconcerningthis."
While [Paul] was sayingthisin his defense,Festussaidin a loudvoice,"Paul,you are out of your mind![Your] greatlearningis drivingyou mad."
when we are slandered,we try to conciliate;we have becomeas the scumof the world,the dregsof all things,[even] untilnow.
When the Philistinelookedand sawDavid,he disdainedhim; for he was [but] a youth,and ruddy,with a handsomeappearance.
