Verse 2

Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 1:6-7 : 6 And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. 7 And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
• Job 12:4 : 4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
• Job 16:20 : 20 My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
• Job 21:3 : 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
• Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land.
• Ps 35:14-16 : 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not: 16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
• Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him. 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.
• Job 13:9 : 9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?