Lord, have mercy on us. Have mercy on us, because people haven’t stopped making fun of us.

耶和华啊，求你怜悯我们，怜悯我们！因为我们被藐视，已到极处。

耶和华啊，求你怜悯我们，怜悯我们！因为我们受尽了藐视。

耶和华啊，求你怜悯我们，怜悯我们！因为我们受尽了藐视。

耶和华啊，求你怜悯我们，求你怜悯我们，因为我们饱受鄙视。

耶和华啊！求你向我们施恩，求你向我们施恩；因为我们饱受藐视，到了极点。

耶和华啊，求你恩待我们，求你恩待我们！因为我们实在受尽了藐视——

耶和華啊，求你憐憫我們，憐憫我們！因為我們被藐視，已到極處。

耶和華啊，求你憐憫我們，憐憫我們！因為我們受盡了藐視。

耶和華啊，求你憐憫我們，憐憫我們！因為我們受盡了藐視。

耶和華啊，求你憐憫我們，求你憐憫我們，因為我們飽受鄙視。

耶和華啊！求你向我們施恩，求你向我們施恩；因為我們飽受藐視，到了極點。

恩待我們，永恆主啊，恩待我們；因為我們飽受了藐視到極點。

耶和華啊，求你恩待我們，求你恩待我們！因為我們實在受盡了藐視——

耶和華歟、矜憫我、矜憫我、我被藐視特甚兮、

耶和華兮我為人藐視、亦已太甚、人享安居、常加凌侮、驕泰者流、亦虐遇余、願爾矜憫余、矜恤余兮。

主歟、憐憫我儕、憐憫我儕、我儕被藐視已極、

主其加矜憐。受垢亦已久。

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.

Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt.

Show us favor, LORD, show us favor, for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

Be gracious to us, Lord, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of contempt.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Show us favor, Lord, show us favor, for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed.‘ God, I thank you that I am not like other people,’ he said.‘ I am not like robbers or those who do other evil things. I am not like those who commit adultery. I am not even like this tax collector.I fast twice a week. And I give a tenth of all I get.’“ But the tax collector stood farther away than the Pharisee. He would not even look up to heaven. He brought his hand to his heart and prayed. He said,‘ God, have mercy on me. I am a sinner.’

Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me. I go to you for safety. I will find safety in the shadow of your wings. There I will stay until the danger is gone.

He spoke to his friends and the army of Samaria. He said,“ What are those Jews trying to do? Can they make their city wall like new again? Will they offer sacrifices? Can they finish everything in a single day? The stones from their city wall and buildings are piled up like trash. And everything has been badly burned. Can they use those stones to rebuild everything again?”Tobiah from Ammon was at Sanballat’s side. He said,“ What are they building? They’re putting up a stone wall. But suppose a fox climbs on top of it. Even that will break it down!”I prayed to God. I said,“ Our God, please listen to our prayer. Some people hate us. They’re saying bad things about us. So let others say bad things about them. Let them be carried off like stolen goods. Let them be taken to another country as prisoners.

People looked down on him. They didn’t accept him. He knew all about pain and suffering. He was like someone people turn their faces away from. We looked down on him. We didn’t have any respect for him.

Lord, remember how my enemies have made fun of me. I’ve had to put up with mean words from all the nations.Lord, your enemies have said mean things. They have laughed at everything your anointed king has done.

The people stood there watching. The rulers even made fun of Jesus. They said,“ He saved others. Let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

But Lord, I pray to you. May this be the time you help me. God, answer me because you love me so much. Save me, as you always do.Save me from the trouble I’m in. It’s like slippery mud, so don’t let me sink in it. Save me from those who hate me. Save me from the deep water I’m in.Don’t let the floods cover me. Don’t let the deep water swallow me up. Don’t let the grave close its mouth over me.Lord, answer me because your love is so good. Turn to me because you are so kind.

You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at. Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.The nations make jokes about us. They shake their heads at us.All day long I have to live with my shame. My face is covered with it.That’s because they laugh at me and attack me with their words. They want to get even with me.

My faithful God, answer me when I call out to you. Give me rest from my trouble. Have mercy on me. Hear my prayer.

Help me, God. Men are chasing me. All day long they keep attacking me.My enemies chase me all day long. Many proud people are attacking me.

The Pharisees loved money. They heard all that Jesus said and made fun of him.