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Psalm 123:4

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We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

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But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate) – a fate for those whose feet slip!

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.

Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves – put sackcloth on your waist!

You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!

“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.

For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?

I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.

Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly, “You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.




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