For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself struck, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.
Parallel translations
- WEB For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
- KJV For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
- BSB For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
- NKJV For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
- NLT To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury; they add to the pain of those you have hurt.
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The enemies persecute the very one God has afflicted and gloat over his pain. It exposes the cruelty of adding to a sufferer's grief.
Overview
David charges his foes with persecuting the one whom God has wounded and reveling in his sorrow. There is a mysterious truth here that God's servant suffers within God's purpose, yet the persecutors are still guilty. This anticipates the cross, where it pleased the Lord to bruise his Servant (Isaiah 53:10), yet those who crucified Christ remained accountable for their wickedness.
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- Isa 53:4Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
- Mark 15:27–32With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
- Zech 1:15I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”
- Isa 53:10Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days, and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
- 1 Th 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn’t please God, and are contrary to all men;
- Zech 13:7“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- 2 Chr 28:9But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, “Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
- Ps 109:16because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
- Job 19:21–22“Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
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