64:3 They 1 sharpen their tongues like a sword;
they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, 2
64:4 in order to shoot down the innocent 3 in secluded places.
They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation. 4
123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!
For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. 5
123:4 We have had our fill 6
of the taunts of the self-assured,
of the contempt of the proud.
A song of ascents. 8
123:1 I look up 9 toward you,
the one enthroned 10 in heaven.
2:3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly, 11
letting proud talk come out of your mouth!
For the Lord is a God who knows;
he 12 evaluates what people do.
2:2 No one is holy 13 like the Lord!
There is no one other than you!
There is no rock 14 like our God!
“The virgin daughter Zion 17
despises you – she makes fun of you;
daughter Jerusalem
shakes her head after you. 18
37:23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?
At whom have you shouted
and looked so arrogantly? 19
At the Holy One of Israel! 20
37:24 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 21
‘With my many chariots I climbed up
the high mountains,
the slopes of Lebanon.
I cut down its tall cedars
and its best evergreens.
I invaded its most remote regions, 22
its thickest woods.
8:48 The Judeans 26 replied, 27 “Aren’t we correct in saying 28 that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?” 29