Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
Parallel translations
- KJV Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
- BSB Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- NKJV Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants— How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
- NASB Remember, Lord, the taunt against Your servants; How I carry in my heart the taunts of all the many peoples,
- NLT Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 74:22Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
- Ps 74:18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
- Ps 69:9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
- Rom 15:3For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
- Ps 69:19–20You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
- Ps 79:10–12Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants’ blood is being poured out.
- Ps 44:13–16You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
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