Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
“Let all their wickedness come before you; deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins. My groans are many and my heart is faint.”
But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger; his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.
David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”