His anger has torn and tormented me; He gnashes at me with his teeth; my enemy looks at me with daggers in his eyes.
Psalm 35:15 - Tree of Life Version But at my stumbling they gathered in glee. Wretches gathered against me whom I did not know, tearing at me without ceasing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: Yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me. American Standard Version (1901) But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not: Common English Bible But when I stumbled, they celebrated and gathered together— they gathered together against me! Strangers I didn’t know tore me to pieces and wouldn’t quit. |
His anger has torn and tormented me; He gnashes at me with his teeth; my enemy looks at me with daggers in his eyes.
“If I rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated because calamity found him—
My strength is dried up like a clay pot, my tongue clings to my jaws. You lay me in the dust of death.
Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall.
For I said: “Don’t let them gloat over me or exalt themselves over me, when my foot slips.”
All who hate me whisper together about me They imagine the worst about me:
He will send from heaven and save me. He rebukes the one trampling on me. Selah God is sending His mercy and His truth.
Adonai my God, in You I have taken refuge. Save me from each of my persecutors, and deliver me.
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker. Whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
For I heard the whispering of many: “‘Terror on every side?’ Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” Even all my close friends are watching for my fall: “Perhaps he may be deceived, so we’ll get the better of him, and we’ll get our revenge on him.”
Some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” Also the guards slapped Him around.
But some of the Jewish people became jealous. Taking some wicked fellows of the marketplace and gathering a crowd, they stirred the city into an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to bring Paul and Silas out to the mob.