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16 All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.
    All we see are our vengeful enemies.

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16 at the taunts(A) of those who reproach and revile(B) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(C)

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You have taught children and infants
    to tell of your strength,[a]
silencing your enemies
    and all who oppose you.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:2 Greek version reads to give you praise. Compare Matt 21:16.

Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold(A) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe(B) and the avenger.

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22 Arise, O God, and defend your cause.
    Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
23 Don’t overlook what your enemies have said
    or their growing uproar.

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22 Rise up,(A) O God, and defend your cause;
    remember how fools(B) mock you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor(C) of your adversaries,(D)
    the uproar(E) of your enemies,(F) which rises continually.

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18 See how these enemies insult you, Lord.
    A foolish nation has dishonored your name.

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18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
    how foolish people(A) have reviled your name.

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10 How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
    Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

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10 How long(A) will the enemy mock(B) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(C) your name forever?

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23 “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
    Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
    It was the Holy One of Israel!
24 By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
    You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
    yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
    and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest heights
    and explored its deepest forests.

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23 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(A)
    Against whom have you raised your voice(B)
and lifted your eyes in pride?(C)
    Against the Holy One(D) of Israel!
24 By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
    ‘With my many chariots(E)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights(F) of Lebanon.(G)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.(H)
I have reached its remotest heights,
    the finest of its forests.

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17 Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.

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17 Give ear, Lord, and hear;(A) open your eyes, Lord, and see;(B) listen to all the words Sennacherib(C) has sent to ridicule(D) the living God.(E)

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They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby. But perhaps the Lord your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff,[a] sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”

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Footnotes

  1. 37:4 Or the rabshakeh; also in 37:8.

They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress(A) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth(B) and there is no strength to deliver them. It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(C) the living God,(D) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(E) Therefore pray(F) for the remnant(G) that still survives.”

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12 O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
    for the scorn they have hurled at you.

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12 Pay back into the laps(A) of our neighbors seven times(B)
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

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