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14 You make us the reproach of our neighbors,(A)
    the mockery and scorn of those around us.

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14 You have made us a byword(A) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads(B) at us.

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We have become the reproach of our neighbors,
    the scorn and derision of those around us.(A)

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
    for we have our fill of contempt.(A)
Our souls are more than sated
    with mockery from the insolent,
    with contempt from the arrogant.

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Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

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I have become the sport of my neighbors:[a]
    “The one whom God answers when he calls upon him,
    The just, the perfect man,” is a laughingstock;(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:4–5 The Hebrew is somewhat obscure, but the general sense is that the wicked mock the pious when the latter appear to be abandoned by God; cf. Ps 22:7–9; Mt 27:39–43.

“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)

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16 Lord, in keeping with all your just deeds, let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. On account of our sins and the crimes of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become the reproach of all our neighbors.

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16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,(A) turn away(B) your anger and your wrath(C) from Jerusalem,(D) your city, your holy hill.(E) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn(F) to all those around us.

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I have heard the taunts uttered by Moab,
    and the insults of the Ammonites,[a]
When they taunted my people
    and made boasts against their territory.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 Moab…Ammonites: Judah’s neighbors to the East across the Jordan.

Moab and Ammon

“I have heard the insults(A) of Moab(B)
    and the taunts of the Ammonites,(C)
who insulted(D) my people
    and made threats against their land.(E)

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