English Standard Version
Psalms 109:25
25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
Psalms 109:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
- New International Version (NIV)I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am a joke to people everywhere; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
Context of Psalms 109:25
23I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust. 24My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat. I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads. 26Help me, O Lord my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! 27Let them know that this is your hand; you, O Lord, have done it!
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:25 word by word
וַאֲנִ֤י׀ הָיִ֣יתִי חֶרְפָּ֣ה לָהֶ֑ם יִ֝רְא֗וּנִי יְנִיע֥וּן רֹאשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 109:25
- Psalms 31:11Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.
- Psalms 35:15But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
- Psalms 69:9For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
- Romans 15:3For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
- Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 13:13Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
- Job 16:4I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
- Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: "'She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.
- Matthew 27:39And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads
Commentaries on Psalms 109:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25When they looked upon me they soaked their heads - Thus was David treated by Shimei, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:6, and our blessed Lord by the Jews, Matthew 27:39.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25I became also a reproach unto them - They reproached or reviled me as a bad man. Compare the notes at Psalm 22:6. The plural here - “unto them” - shows that there were more than one to whom the psalm had reference, though one of them was so prominent that a considerable part of the psalm might properly be spoken of him alone. When they looked upon me, they shaked their heads - In contempt. See Psalm 22:7. Compare Matthew 27:39.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-25Feeling vulnerable and miserable, the psalmist asks his Lord for help. The accusations have crushed his spirit and drained his physical strength.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. Taunts and reproaches aggravate his afflicted and feeble state (Psa 22:6, 7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 109
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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