26 Their people, drained of power,(A)
    are dismayed(B) and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
    like tender green shoots,(C)
like grass sprouting on the roof,
    scorched(D) before it grows up.

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26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As (A)the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.

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22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

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22 Those who hate you will be (A)clothed with shame,
And the dwelling place of the wicked [a]will come to nothing.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:22 Lit. will not be

26 May all who gloat(A) over my distress(B)
    be put to shame(C) and confusion;
may all who exalt themselves over me(D)
    be clothed with shame and disgrace.

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26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

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26 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who rejoice at my hurt;
Let them be (A)clothed with shame and dishonor
Who exalt themselves against me.

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