American Standard Version of 1901
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And now I am become their song,Yea, I am a byword unto them.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me,And spare not to spit {Or, at the sight of me}in my face.
For he hath loosed {According to another reading, my cord (or, bowstring).}his cord, and afflicted me;And they have cast off the bridle before me.
Upon my right hand rise the {Or, brood}rabble;They thrust aside my feet,And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
They {Or, break up}mar my path,They set forward my calamity,Even men that have no helper.
{Or, As a wide breaking in of waters}As through a wide breach they come:In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
Terrors are turned upon me; {Or, Thou chasest}They chase {Or, my nobility}mine honor as the wind;And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed {Or, his cause}himself to him that judgeth righteously:
knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.
For the Chief Musician, for {Psalm 62 title. 77 title, 1 Chronicles 16:41, 25:1}Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.I said, I will take heed to my ways,That I sin not with my tongue:I will keep {Hebrew: a bridle (or, muzzle) for my mouth}my mouth with a bridle,While the wicked is before me.
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;Keep the door of my lips.
And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and {That is, the Adversary.}Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
Set thou a wicked man over him;And let {Or, Satan Or, an accuser}an adversary stand at his right hand.
Because I delivered the poor that cried,The fatherless also, {Or, and him that had &c.}that had none to help him.
Many bulls have compassed me;Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
For he will deliver the needy when he crieth,And the poor, {Or, and he that hath}that hath no helper.
And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, {Or, and things which they have not seen}and have seen nothing!