When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
Parallel translations
- WEB You see their sitting down and their rising up; I am their song.
- KJV Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
- NKJV Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.
- NASB Look at their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song.
- NLT Look at them! Whether they sit or stand, I am the object of their mocking songs.
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Quick answer
In all their activities, his enemies mock him; he has become their taunt-song.
Overview
Whether sitting or rising, the enemies make the sufferer the object of their derisive songs. To be made into a mocking song is the depth of public humiliation. This experience again echoes the righteous Sufferer of the Psalms and ultimately Christ, who became the song of the scornful (Ps. 69:12; Lam. 3:14).
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