Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.

Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word.

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!

This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the Lord who commands armies.

Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”