But at my stumblingthey rejoicedand gatheredthemselves together; The smiterswhom I did not knowgatheredtogether againstme, They slanderedme withoutceasing.
"His angerhas tornme and huntedme down,He has gnashedat me with His teeth;My adversaryglaresat me.
"Have I rejoicedat the extinctionof my enemy,Or exultedwhenevilbefellhim?
For dogshave surroundedme; A bandof evildoershas encompassedme; They piercedmy handsand my feet.
Let destructioncomeupon him unawares,And let the netwhichhe hidcatchhimself; Into that very destructionlet him fall.
For I am readyto fall,And my sorrowis continuallybeforeme.
"A wickedthingis pouredout upon him, That whenhe liesdown,he will not riseup again."
My soulis amonglions;I must lieamong those who breatheforthfire,[Even] the sonsof men,whose teethare spearsand arrowsAnd their tonguea sharpsword.
Those who sitin the gatetalkabout me, And I [am] the songof the drunkards.
Orhe will tearmy soullike a lion,Draggingme away,while thereis noneto deliver.
He who mocksthe poortauntshis Maker;He who rejoicesat calamitywill not gounpunished.
For I have heardthe whisperingof many,"Terroron everyside!Denounce[him]; yes, let us denouncehim!" Allmy trustedfriends,Watchingfor my fall,say: "Perhapshe will be deceived,so that we may prevailagainst him And takeour revengeon him."
Somebeganto spitat Him, and to blindfoldHim, and to beat Him with their fists,and to sayto Him, "Prophesy!"And the officersreceivedHim with slaps[in the face].
But the Jews,becoming jealousand taking alongsomewickedmenfrom the market place,formed a moband setthe cityin an uproar;and attackingthe houseof Jason,they were seekingto bringthem out to the people.
does not rejoicein unrighteousness,but rejoiceswith the truth;
