My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where {is} thy God?

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where {is} their God? {rule over: or, use a byword against}

Then {she that is} mine enemy shall see {it}, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. {Then...: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame} {shall she...: Heb. she shall be for a treading down}

(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. {burden: or, gift}

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Many {there be} which say of my soul, {There is} no help for him in God. Selah.

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where {is} thy God?

Then {she that is} mine enemy shall see {it}, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. {Then...: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame} {shall she...: Heb. she shall be for a treading down}

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where {is} the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where {is} now their God?

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where {is} their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight {by} the revenging of the blood of thy servants {which is} shed. {revenging: Heb. vengeance}

(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD {is} his refuge.

He trusted on the LORD {that} he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. {He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself on} {seeing...: or, if he delight in}

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. {So...: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing}

But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: {is it} not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where {is} their God? {rule over: or, use a byword against}

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence {is} this wherein thou trustest?

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for {there is} none to deliver {him}.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked {for some} to take pity, but {there was} none; and for comforters, but I found none. {to take...: Heb. to lament with me}

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?