Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs. New Living Translation Look at them! Whether they sit or stand, I am the object of their mocking songs. English Standard Version Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the object of their taunts. Berean Standard Bible When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. King James Bible Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick. New King James Version Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song. New American Standard Bible Look at their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. NASB 1995 Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. NASB 1977 Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. Legacy Standard Bible Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. Amplified Bible Look at their sitting and their rising [their actions and secret counsels]; I am their mocking song [the subject of their ridicule]. Christian Standard Bible When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs. Holman Christian Standard Bible When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs. American Standard Version Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. Contemporary English Version No matter what they are doing, they keep on mocking me. English Revised Version Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. GOD'S WORD® Translation Look at them! Whether they are sitting or standing, they make fun of me in their songs. Good News Translation From morning till night they make fun of me. International Standard Version Watch! Whether they sit down or stand up, they mock me with their songs. Majority Standard Bible When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. NET Bible Watch them from morning to evening; I am the object of their mocking songs. New Heart English Bible Look their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their mocking song. Webster's Bible Translation Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music. World English Bible You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTheir sitting down, and their rising up, "" Behold attentively, I [am] their song. Young's Literal Translation Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I am their song. Smith's Literal Translation Their sitting and their rising, look thou: I their song. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song. Catholic Public Domain Version SIN. Watch their sitting down and their rising up: I am their psalm. New American Bible Look! Whether they sit or stand, I am the butt of their taunt. New Revised Standard Version Whether they sit or rise—see, I am the object of their taunt-songs. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBehold their conduct and their behavior I do understand, because of their devices. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Their sitting and their rising I understand from their scheme OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. Brenton Septuagint Translation their sitting down and their rising up: look thou upon their eyes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Deliverance…62the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long. 63When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. 64You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.… Cross References Psalm 35:15-16 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. / Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me. Psalm 69:12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards. Psalm 22:7 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: Job 30:9 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. Psalm 109:25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. Matthew 27:39-44 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads / and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” / In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, ... Mark 15:29-32 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, / come down from the cross and save Yourself!” / In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! ... Luke 23:35-39 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” / The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. / “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!” ... Psalm 44:13-14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. / You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. Psalm 79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us. Isaiah 57:4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, Jeremiah 18:18 Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.” Psalm 123:3-4 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. / We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud. 1 Peter 2:23 When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. Hebrews 12:2-3 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. / Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Treasury of Scripture Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music. their sitting Psalm 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. I am Lamentations 3:14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. Job 30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. Jump to Previous Attentively Burden Mock Mocking Music Musick Note Rising Seated Sitting Song Songs StandingJump to Next Attentively Burden Mock Mocking Music Musick Note Rising Seated Sitting Song Songs StandingLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies When they sit and rise This phrase captures the totality of the actions of the enemies of the speaker, indicating that their mockery is constant and pervasive. In the Hebrew context, "sit and rise" (יֵשֵׁב וְקוּם) is an idiomatic expression that encompasses all daily activities, suggesting that the speaker's adversaries are relentless in their derision. Historically, this reflects the continuous suffering and humiliation faced by the Israelites during the Babylonian exile. The phrase underscores the idea that the speaker is under constant scrutiny and ridicule, a situation that can be deeply demoralizing. It serves as a reminder of the persistence of trials and the need for steadfast faith in the face of ongoing adversity. see I am mocked in their song I am their musick.--The noun, though not identical, is cognate with that of Psalm 69:12, of which the complaint is, as it were, an echo. Verse 63. - Their sitting down, and their rising up. Elsewhere the phrase is a comprehensive expression for all a man's occupations (comp. Psalm 139:2; Isaiah 37:28). I am their music; rather, their song; i.e. the subject of their taunting songs, p. in the parallel passage, Job 30:9; comas Psalm 69:12 (Hebrew, 13).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When they sitשִׁבְתָּ֤ם (šiḇ·tām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry and when they rise, וְקִֽימָתָם֙ (wə·qî·mā·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7012: An arising see how הַבִּ֔יטָה (hab·bî·ṭāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard they mock me in song. מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ (man·gî·nā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4485: (mocking, derisive) song Links Lamentations 3:63 NIVLamentations 3:63 NLT Lamentations 3:63 ESV Lamentations 3:63 NASB Lamentations 3:63 KJV Lamentations 3:63 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:63 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:63 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:63 French Bible Lamentations 3:63 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:63 See you their sitting down and their (Lam. 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