Psalms 109:25
23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27 Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
- KJV
- I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
- WEB
- I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
- ASV
- I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
- DARBY
- And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.
- BLB
- And I have become an object of scorn for them; they see me; they shake their head.
- ÅB
- Og jeg er blitt til spott for dem; de ser meg og rister på hodet.
- OTB
- Jeg har også blitt en skam for dem;
Når de ser meg, rister de på hodet. - B1930
- Og jeg er blitt til spott for dem; de ser mig og ryster på hodet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 22:6–7
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
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 69:19–20
You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
Read in contextPsalms 69:9–12
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Read in contextJob 16:4
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Read in contextHebrews 13:13
Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
Read in contextHebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Read in contextMark 15:29
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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