Mazmur 22:17

22:17 I can count ¹  all my bones;

my enemies ²  are gloating over me in triumph. ³ 

Mazmur 44:15-16

44:15 All day long I feel humiliated ⁴ 

and am overwhelmed with shame, ⁵ 

44:16 before the vindictive enemy

who ridicules and insults me. ⁶ 

Mazmur 69:7

69:7 For I suffer ⁷  humiliation for your sake ⁸ 

and am thoroughly disgraced. ⁹ 

Mazmur 69:10

69:10 I weep and refrain from eating food, ¹⁰ 

which causes others to insult me. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 74:10

74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?

Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Mazmur 102:8

102:8 All day long my enemies taunt me;

those who mock me use my name in their curses. ¹² 

Mazmur 123:3

123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!

For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. ¹³ 

[22:17]  ¹ tn The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 17-18 draw attention to the progressive nature of the action.

[22:17]  ² tn Heb “they.” The masculine form indicates the enemies are in view. The referent (the psalmist’s enemies) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:17]  ³ tn Heb “they gaze, they look upon me.”

[44:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the day my humiliation [is] in front of me.”

[44:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the shame of my face covers me.”

[44:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the voice of one who ridicules and insults, from the face of an enemy and an avenger.” See Ps 8:2.

[69:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “carry, bear.”

[69:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “on account of you.”

[69:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “and shame covers my face.”

[69:10]  ¹⁰ sn Fasting was a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities such as eating food, the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.

[69:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”

[102:8]  ¹² tn Heb “by me they swear.” When the psalmist’s enemies call judgment down on others, they hold the psalmist up as a prime example of what they desire their enemies to become.

[123:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “for greatly we are filled [with] humiliation.”