Psalms 35:16
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- KJV
- With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
- WEB
- Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- ASV
- Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
- DARBY
- With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
- BLB
- Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth.
- ÅB
- Som skamløse som spotter for et stykke brød
skjærer de tenner imot meg. - OTB
- Som respektløse narrer ved en fest,
De skar tenner mot meg. - B1930
- Som skamløse som spotter for et stykke brød, skjærer de tenner imot mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Read in contextJob 16:9
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Read in contextPsalms 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Read in contextJohn 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Read in contextActs 7:54
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:14–15
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Read in context1 Samuel 20:24–42
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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