Verse 2

Surely mockers are with me, and my eye must dwell on their provocations.

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  • 1 Sam 1:6-7 : 6 Her rival provoked her severely to irritate her because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival would provoke her, and she would weep and not eat.
  • Job 12:4 : 4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!"
  • Job 16:20 : 20 My intercessors are my friends; my eye drips to God.
  • Job 21:3 : 3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.
  • Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul will dwell in well-being, and his offspring will inherit the land.
  • Ps 35:14-16 : 14 I behaved as if they were my friend or brother; I mourned as one mourning for a mother, bowed down in sorrow. 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing. 16 Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 The one who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 40 'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!' 41 In the same way, the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him, saying, 42 'He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him. 43 'He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now, if He wants Him. For He said, "I am the Son of God."' 44 The robbers who were crucified with Him also heaped insults on Him in the same way.
  • Job 13:9 : 9 Would it be well when He examines you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a mortal?