Psalms 102:8
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
- KJV
- Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
- WEB
- My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
- ASV
- Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
- DARBY
- Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.
- BLB
- All the day my enemies the taunt me; those shouting boastfully swear against me.
- ÅB
- Hele dagen spotter mine fiender meg; de som raser mot meg, sverger ved meg[^1].
- OTB
- Mine fiender har hånet meg hele dagen;
De som håner meg bruker mitt navn som en forbannelse. - B1930
- Hele dagen spotter mine fiender mig; de som raser mot mig, sverger ved mig. / < JES 65, 15.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 26:11
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
Read in contextRomans 15:3
For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
Read in contextPsalms 69:9–10
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Read in contextActs 23:12–35
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:15
You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
Read in contextPsalms 69:20
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
Read in contextActs 7:54
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
Read in contextPsalms 31:11–13
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
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