May they be ashamed and humiliated, those who rejoice over my misery. May they who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
Psalm 55:12 - Tree of Life Version Ruins are in her midst. Oppression and deceit never leave her square. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have born it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it is not an enemy who reproaches and taunts me–then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me–then I might hide from him. American Standard Version (1901) For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him: Common English Bible It’s not an enemy that is insulting me— I could handle that. It’s not someone who hates me who is exalted over me— I could hide from them. Catholic Public Domain Version My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee: |
May they be ashamed and humiliated, those who rejoice over my misery. May they who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
“Something evil was poured into him— he will not get up again from the place where he lies.”
Should the axe boast against the One who chops with it? Should the saw magnify itself against the One who wields it? It would be like a rod waving the One who lifts it, or like a staff hoisting up the One who is not wood!
“I am not speaking to all of you—I know whom I have chosen. But so the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’