Lamentations 3:63
61 O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
- KJV
- Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
- WEB
- You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
- ASV
- Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
- DARBY
- Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
- BLB
- their sitting down, and their rising up—Look! I [am] their mocking song.
- ÅB
- Akt på dem når de sitter, og når de står opp! De synger spottesanger om meg.
- OTB
- Observer deres sittende og reising; jeg er deres hånsang.
- B1930
- Akt på dem når de sitter, og når de står op! De synger spottesanger om mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 139:2
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Read in contextLamentations 3:14
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
Read in contextJob 30:9
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
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