But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!”
For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friend
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent th
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—