But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Parallel translations
- WEB But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
- KJV 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:
- NKJV But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered against me, And I did not know it; They tore at me and did not cease;
- NASB But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The afflicted people whom I did not know gathered together against me, They slandered me without ceasing.
- NLT But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.
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Quick answer
But in David's own adversity, his enemies gladly gathered to attack and slander him relentlessly.
Overview
David contrasts his compassion with his enemies' cruelty, who rejoiced at his downfall and assailed him without ceasing. Their malice exposes the depth of their betrayal. This unjust gloating over a suffering servant foreshadows the mockery Christ endured.
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- Mark 14:65Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
- Matt 27:27–30Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- Matt 27:39–44And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
- Ps 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- Ps 71:10–11For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
- Jer 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
- Ps 38:17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
- Prov 24:17–18Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- Ps 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
- 1 Cor 13:6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
- Acts 17:5The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
- Job 30:1–12“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
- Ps 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Job 31:29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
- Ps 41:8“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
- Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Ps 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
- Ps 35:25–26Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
- Prov 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Ps 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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