They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

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

When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: “Sing for us a song about Zion!”

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

When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

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

Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!

For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.

You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.

All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

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

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

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