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I am surrounded by mockers.
    I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

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Surely mockers(A) surround me;(B)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

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So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children. Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle.[a] Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Hebrew the house of the Lord; also in 1:24.

Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A) This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(B)

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20 My friends scorn me,
    but I pour out my tears to God.

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20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

Yet my friends laugh at me,
    for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
    yet they laugh at me.

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“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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39 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. 40 “Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”

41 The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus. 42 “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him! 43 He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way.

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39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads(A) 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,(B) save yourself!(C) Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”(D) 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel!(E) Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe(F) in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(G) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

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Psalm 91

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
    will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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Psalm 91

Whoever dwells in the shelter(A) of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow(B) of the Almighty.[a]

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  1. Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai

14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
    as if I were grieving for my own mother.
15 But they are glad now that I am in trouble;
    they gleefully join together against me.
I am attacked by people I don’t even know;
    they slander me constantly.
16 They mock me and call me names;
    they snarl at me.

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14     I went about mourning(A)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.
15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;(B)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered(C) me without ceasing.
16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;[a](D)
    they gnashed their teeth(E) at me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:16 Septuagint; Hebrew may mean Like an ungodly circle of mockers,

13 They will live in prosperity,
    and their children will inherit the land.

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13 They will spend their days in prosperity,(A)
    and their descendants will inherit the land.(B)

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Bear with me, and let me speak.
    After I have spoken, you may resume mocking me.

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Bear with me while I speak,
    and after I have spoken, mock on.(A)

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What will happen when he finds out what you are doing?
    Can you fool him as easily as you fool people?

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Would it turn out well if he examined you?(A)
    Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?(B)

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